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DESCRIPTION:Shaking the Foundations is a two-day conference at Stanford Law School. 
 This year, we only have one Animal Law event.  I hope that everyone 
 interested can attend so that we generate enough interest to have more than 
 one event next year. \n\nDetails on the workshop follow--please go to the 
 website to register and learn more. \n\nProtecting Animals Through 
 Legislation\n\nThis workshop will address legislation that affects animals, 
 both good and bad. Virginia Handley will talk about how she and her 
 committee monitor legislation and inform the public of how legislators 
 vote. She will also talk about what good legislation looks like. Some of 
 the concerns her organization addresses are: Should the elderly be able to 
 have companion pets in their mobile homes? Should hunters be able to shoot 
 California's mountain lions and bobcats for "sport?" Should farmers be able 
 to brand livestock on the face? Should restaurateurs be able to rip the 
 shells off live turtles? Should animal abusers be released with a mere 
 "slap on the wrist?" Should public school students be taught hunting under 
 the guise of "safety?"\n\nVirginia Handley is the Co-Founder of PawPAC, an 
 animal law political action committee, run entirely by an all-volunteer 
 Board of Directors. Ms. Handley also runs the Animal Switchboard in San 
 Francisco, an organization that has helped thousands of people with their 
 companion animal needs. She has been an active lobbyist and advocate for 
 animals for the past 35 years. Ms. Handley realized that the effectiveness 
 of animal rights advocates was being compromised by the animal rights' 
 movement's lack of a political action committee to publish a voting chart 
 and contribute to humane legistlators. Ms. Handley, Rose Lernberg, Eric 
 Mills and others founded PawPAC in 1980, the first animal rights political 
 action committee. Today, PawPAC monitors and rates all California 
 legislators, functioning as a critical arm of the animal rights movement.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/25/18323227.php
SUMMARY:Animal Law Workshop--Part of Shaking the Foundations Conference
LOCATION:This workshop will be at Stanford Law School on the second floor of the 
 library. Directions to school are at: 
 http://shaking.stanford.edu/directions.html.  However, please note that, 
 due to construction, parking around the law school is a bit tricky.  Just 
 give yourself 5 more minutes than you have in the past. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/25/18323227.php
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