This month the NSW Law Society Young Lawyer’s Animal
Welfare Committee is hosting what looks to be a fantastic conference on animals
and the law at the University of New South Wales on August 29.
Card-carrying students can book here.
Non-students can book here.
The program includes some exceptional speakers and will
cover a range of topics including live export, the dairy industry, ag-gag
legislation, RSPCA prosecutions, competition law and consumer policy, ethics
and companion animals. This should be of interest to anyone who works with
animals or is interested in matters of animal law in general.
On another note, SAT reader Kerry shared an interesting
article about using pets as “feelings ventriloquists”. This occurs when one
uses anthropomorphism as a passive-aggressive means of communicating with
partners and other significant household members.
Example: partner A says to pet 1 (within earshot of
partner B): “Sorry dinner is late tonight, Daddy forgot to do the shopping,
didn’t he? What a vewy, vewy, vewy bad person.”
Which might seem innocent but this kind of trend can have
negative implications for the animals caught in the human crossfire. Read more here.
