Dear John,

Join us for three new exciting webinars this September! Secure your spot and register today to learn from the country’s top experts in animal law.

Critical Caselaw: Judicial Recognition of Animal Sentience — September 17th

Sentience — being a living, feeling creature — forms the very core of what it means to be an animal. Indeed, the ability to feel is what distinguishes animals from objects — it makes animals ‘whos’, not ‘whats.’ While the legal system has grappled with this truism from its inception, only recently have courts begun building an internally coherent approach to ensuring that the law treats animals as feeling creatures who deserve justice.

Join Animal Legal Defense Fund Senior Staff Attorneys Jamie Contreras and David B. Rosengard as they discuss how the legal system treats animal sentience and how a trilogy of Oregon cases recognizing animal sentience points towards a new framework for animals within the law.
 

New Jersey Town Hall — September 24th

Join us for a presentation to review animal protection bills currently being considered in the New Jersey legislature – and learn ways that you can directly impact bill movement. In this interactive webinar Kathleen Schatzmann, Senior Legislative Affairs Manager, will provide an update on animal protection legislation and provide multiple real-time opportunities for strategic targeting to build support and momentum for bill passage.

Animal Victims and Restorative Justice — September 30th

Restorative justice is not a new concept, but it largely has not been applied in animal crimes. In this webinar, Brittany Hill, Criminal Justice Program Fellow, will introduce the audience to restorative justice, provide a general overview of the theories behind it, discuss its potential impact on animal victims, and explore its possibilities in crimes against animals.

Available to stream

COVID-19: Rethinking our Relationship with Animals — Watch Now!

With global outbreaks of zoonotic disease, like COVID-19, on the rise, it is imperative that we simultaneously mobilize to limit the staggering impact of the current pandemic and take action to mitigate our heightened risk from the next. The Animal Legal Defense Fund is developing a series of white papers, which outline policy strategies to reduce zoonotic disease transmission and risks. This webinar will provide an overview of the first white paper in the series — COVID-19 and Animals — which discusses the root causes of zoonotic diseases and the industries putting the public in the most danger.

I hope you can join us!