Dates & Location
1998
Lewis & Clark Law School
Portland, Oregon
Highlights & Reflections
Animals in the Global Marketplace: Science, Society & Industry examined how global economic systems, technological advances, and industry practices affect animals and animal protection law.
Sessions addressed food production and global hunger, the role of animals in society, animals in research and technology, and efforts to reduce industry impacts on wildlife. The conference concluded with a keynote by Joyce Tischler on the case for legal rights for animals.
Feeding the World
Scott Beckstead, Attorney
Erik Marcus, Author, Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating
A Place for Animals in Society
Pamela Frasch, Director of the Anti-Cruelty Division, Animal Legal Defense Fund
Dennis Steinman, Attorney specializing in the American with Disabilities Act
Susan Mentley, Operations Director, Oregon Humane Society
Claudia Cullison, Attorney
Animals in Rearch and Technology
Arthur LaFrance, Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School
Stu Sugarman, Attorney
Paul Loney, Attorney
Efforts to Minimize the Industry Impact on Wildife
Chris Wold, Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School
Sybil Ackerman, National Wildlife Federation
Scott Hongren, Attorney
Keynote
Joyce Tischler, Why Animals Should Have Legal Rights