The Animal/Human Conflict: Law, Culture & Activism

The conference will focus on using legal tools to bridge the gap and heal the conflict between human and nonhuman animals coexisting within the boundaries of society and nature.

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 at Lewis & Clark Law School
Joyce Tischler, Executive Director of ALDF


The End of Trapping in the Year 2000
Wayne Pacelle, Vice President of Government Affairs and Communications for the HSUS

Animals as a Cultural Resource
Scott Beckstead, Attorney
Robert Miller, professor at Northwestern School of Law,
Ben White


Current Legislation
Robert Babcock, Attorney
Nancy Perry, Director of Government Affairs for the HSUS

Making the Link: The Connection Between Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty
Dana Campbell of ALDF
Keith Glidden Investigator with the Oregon Humane Society
Josh Marquis, Clatsop County District Attorney
Ron Turco, M.D.

Keynote Speaker Ben White