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ANIMAL LAW COMMITTEE


Animal Disaster Relief Network   Read of the latest ADRN accomplishments and MORE..
The TIPS Animal Law Committee has created the ABA Animal Disaster Relief Network and has thus far sponsored two teleconferences with the following participating associations and organizations: American Bar Association (ABA), Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Maddie’s Fund, American Prosecutors’ Research Institute, the Minnesota Humane Society, the New York City Bar Association, Animal Ark and Second Chance Rescue. More are welcome to join us.
The purpose of the teleconference is to address both short-term and long-term needs and solutions with regard to animal disaster relief. Involved associations and organizations are circumventing the red tape that prevents action in a disaster context. Animals are broadly defined and include fish, wildlife, and domestic animals.
For more information about the network or to recommend other associations or organizations to participate, contact Network Coordinator and ABA-TIPS Animal Law Committeee Chair, Barbara J. Gislason, at gislasonbj@aol.com. Network participant Animal Legal Defense Fund has developed a list of animal disaster relief questions and posted FAQs on their Web site at www.aldf.org. ABA lawyers, paralegals and law students interested in participating in research activities are encouraged to immediately contact Dana Campbell at dcampbell@aldf.org to find out more about how they can help and link to this Web site.
Those interested in creating Animal Disaster Relief model legislation at both state and federal levels should contact ABA-TIPS Animal Law Committee Chair-Elect, Kristina Hancock, at kristina.hancock@hklaw.com and those interested in drafting model Animal Rescue Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), or addressing animal-related Incident Command System (ICS) problems, should contact ABA-TIPS Animal Law Committee Vice-Chair Judge Ben Zvenia at
drzvenia@myfedlawyer.com.

Help for the Animals Caught in Hurricane Katrina

Please follow the following links to provide aid to those seeking to help the many animals caught up in the Hurricane:
United Animal Nations http://www.uan.org/
American Society for Prevention of Cruelty (ASPCA)
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=hurricane_home
Humane Society of U.S. https://secure.hsus.org/01/disaster_relief_fund_2005
North Shore Animal League http://www.nsalamerica.org/feature/katrina/
Pet Finders http://www.petfinder.com/disaster/
Michigan Humane Society http://www.michiganhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Katrina

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Last Modified on Monday, April 17, 2006 3:14 PM

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