Dates & Location
1995
Lewis & Clark Law School
Portland, Oregon
Highlights & Reflections
Perspectives on Domestic and Captive Animals examined the legal, ethical, and policy issues affecting animals in human care, including companion animals, research subjects, and animals held in captivity.
The conference addressed animal litigation, animal welfare and cruelty laws, bioethics in research, and evolving understandings of animal–human relationships. Sessions also explored the legal treatment of animals in zoos and aquariums and emerging discussions around legal rights for chimpanzees and other nonhuman animals.
Animal Litigation I
Lawrence Weiss, Attorney at Law, Multnomah County
Matthew O. Ryan, Assistant County Counsel
David Flagler, Animal Control Division Manager
Stu Sugarman, Attorney at Law
Bioethics- The Research Dilemma
Professor Arthur LaFrance, Northwestern school of Law of Lewis and Clark College
Professor David Favre, Dean, Detroit College of Law
Dr. Bryan Ogden, DVM, Associate Director of Animal Care, Oregon Health Sciences University
Animal Welfare Law
Valerie Stanley, Staff Attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund
Judith Reitman, Journalist/Author of Stolen for Profit
Sara Amundson, Doris Day Animal League
Animal-Human Relations
Laurens H. Silver, Attrorney at Law, California Environmental Law Project
Dr. Joy Belsky, Staff Ecologist, Oregon Natural Resources Council
Ron Arnold, Executive Vice President, Center for Defence of Free Enterprise
Animal Cruelty Legislation
Joshua Marquis, District Attrorney for Clatsop County
Steve Ann Chambers, President, Animal Legal Defense Fund
Nancy Perry, Oregon Bear and Cougar Coalition
Aquariums, Zoos, and Captive Mammals
Dr. Robert Willems, Animal Care Veterinarian, United States Department of Agriculture
Toni G. Frohoff, Dolphin Data Base
Dr. Naomi Rose, Marine Mammal Scientist, Humane Society of the United States
Animal Litigation II
Daniel Rohlf, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College
Aaron Courtney, Attorney at Law
Chimpanzees and Legal Rights
Steven M. Wise, Vice President for Planning, Animal Legal Defence Fund
Dr. Roger Fouts, Chimpanzee and Human Communications Institute