Animal Legislation Workshop at Stanford

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

 

Stanford Law School is hosting a progressive law conference " Shaking

the Foundations, " which is open to the public. This year, we are

having a workshop on Animal Legislation. I hope a lot of folks can

come to the workshop and to the other events that weekend. Pre-

Registration is strongly encouraged to reserve a vegan meal.

However, you can just show up the day of, but we cannot guarantee a

space in the workshop or the keynote lunch.

 

Details on the workshop below. More information on the conference at

http://shaking.stanford.edu. Registration costs go up next week.

email me if you have any questions!

Salena

 

 

Protecting Animals Through Legislation

 

This workshop will address legislation that affects animals, both

good and bad. She will talk about how she and her committee monitor

legislation and inform the public of how legislators vote. She will

also talk about what good legislation looks like. Some of the

concerns her organization addresses are: Should the elderly be able

to have companion pets in their mobile homes? Should hunters be able

to shoot California's mountain lions and bobcats for " sport? " Should

farmers be able to brand livestock on the face? Should restaurateurs

be able to rip the shells off live turtles? Should animal abusers be

released with a mere " slap on the wrist? " Should public school

students be taught hunting under the guise of " safety? "

 

Virginia Handley is the Co-Founder of PawPAC, an animal law political

action committee, run entirely by an all-volunteer Board ofs. Ms. Handley also runs the Animal Switchboard in San

Francisco, an organization that has helped thousands of people with

their companion animal needs. She has been an active lobbyist and

advocate for animals for the past 35 years. Ms. Handley realized that

the effectiveness of animal rights advocates was being compromised by

the animal rights' movement's lack of a political action committee to

publish a voting chart and contribute to humane legistlators. Ms.

Handley, Rose Lernberg, Eric Mills and others founded PawPAC in 1980,

the first animal rights political action committee. Today, PawPAC

monitors and rates all California legislators, functioning as a

critical arm of the animal rights movement.