http://aldf.org/ http://aldf.org/article.php?list=type&type=156 <div class="text blurb"><b>April 9-11, 2010</b><br> Cambridge, Massachusetts<br> Attorneys, law students, professors, and activists from around the world will convene for ALDF's "Future of Animal Law" conference to explore vital issues relative to animal law and activism. Sponsored by ALDF, this is a conference you don't want to miss! </div> http://aldf.org/article.php?list=type&type=156 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=994 <div class="text blurb">Baltimore, Maryland</div> Fri, 09 Apr 2010 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=994 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1151 <div class="text blurb">St. Paul, Minnesota</div> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1151 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1159 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1159 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1221 <div class="text blurb">Faster than you can say "stop building," Puerto Rico's Appeals Court decided in late-January to let construction continue on a primate breeding facility in Guayama while it considers an appeal filed two days earlier by the builder Bioculture Ltd.</div> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1221 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1212 <div class="text blurb">I resisted becoming a vegan for a long time, mostly because I had a cheese addiction like you wouldn't believe. The funny thing is, I had several vegans around me at various times who should have been influential.</div> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1212 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1211 <div class="text blurb">Two horrific cases involving the abuse and neglect of several dogs have recently come to a close, both ending with jail time for the abusers. Thank you to everyone who sent emails and supported these cases!</div> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1211 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1220 <div class="text blurb">As one of the visionaries who co-founded the Animal Legal Defense Fund over three decades ago, California attorney Joyce Tischler has helped shape the emerging field of animal law.</div> http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1220 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1219 <div class="text blurb">Scott has been a prosecutor for seventeen years, serving the last eight years as the elected district attorney in Benton County, Oregon. Scott recently joined the Animal Legal Defense Fund, serving as the senior staff attorney in ALDF's Criminal Justice Program.</div> http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1219 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1218 <div class="text blurb">Bruce Wagman is a partner in the San Francisco office of Schiff Hardin, with an almost exclusive focus on a wide range of animal law cases, as well as education and consultation in the field.</div> http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1218 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1217 <div class="text blurb">City urged to protect consumers and animals from cruel puppy mills with first of its kind ban.</div> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1217 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1210 <div class="text blurb">New bill allows veterinarians to report suspected cases of animal cruelty.</div> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1210 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1215 <div class="text blurb">ALDF would like to recognize the contributions of State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle and Assistant State Attorney Michael Von Zamft for their efforts in a brutal crime spree where 19 cats were found killed and mutilated in neighborhoods throughout Florida's Miami-Dade County.</div> http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1215 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1203 <div class="text blurb">Jeremy Rifkin is a bestselling author, adviser to the European Union, founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends and senior lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School's Executive Education Program. Imagine my delight as I was listening to the radio earlier this week to hear a full-hour interview with Rifkin discussing his newest book, in which he argues that our future rests on our ability to function as an empathic society.</div> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1203 http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1202 <div class="text blurb">Santa Cruz, California<br /> <b>Case Closed</b></div> http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1202