Dates & Location
1999
Lewis & Clark Law School
Portland, Oregon
Highlights & Reflections
The Animal/Human Conflict: Law, Culture & Activism focused on the legal and cultural tensions shaping human–animal relationships. The conference examined how law and advocacy respond to conflicts involving wildlife, companion animals, and broader social systems.
Sessions addressed local wildlife issues, current animal protection legislation, trapping, and animals as cultural resources. The program also highlighted career pathways in animal law and explored the documented connections between animal cruelty and domestic violence. The conference concluded with a keynote address by Ben White.
Local Wildlife Issues
Peter Frost, Western Environmental Law Center Brooks Fahy, Predator Defense Institute
Diane Valantine, Save our Wild Salmon
Careers in Animal Law
David J. Wolfson, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
Stu Sugarman, Attorney
Lisa LeSage, Director of Career Services, Lewis & Clark Law School
Joyce Tischler, Executive, ALDF
The End of Trapping in the Year 2000
Wayne Pacelle, Vice President of Government
Animals as a Cultural Resource
Chris Wold, Attorney
Robert Miller, Professor, Northwestern School of Law
Ben White
Current Legislation
Robert Babcock, Attorney
Nancy Perry, Director of Government Affairs, HSUS
Making the Link: The Connection Between Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty
Dana Campbell, ALDF
Keith Glidden, Investigator, Oregon Humane Society
Josh Marquis, Clatsop County District Attorney
Ron Turco, M.D.
Keynote
Ben White