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A growing number of geneticists, wildlife biologists and conservationists believe that "de-extinction" — or bringing back an extinct species, such as the woolly mammoth, via cloning — is a very real possibility, and one that is not far off. Margaret Foster Riley , a law professor at the University

Wayne Pacelle, CEO and president of the Humane Society of the United States, will offer his perspective on the protection of animals in a talk at the University of Virginia School of Law.

An upcoming symposium at the University of Virginia School of Law will weigh issues of law and policy regarding the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, animal rights activism and the First Amendment, and will feature an animal rights lawyer, a federal prosecutor and a representative from Smithfield

The populations of many animals listed as endangered species by the U.S. government have rebounded somewhat, but they rely on conservation efforts to ensure their numbers won't dwindle again. A group of interdisciplinary experts gathered last week at the University of Virginia to discuss how to

Following the Michael Vick dogfighting case, laws in Virginia — and across the country — were strengthened to aid state-level animal cruelty prosecutions. But it's still hard to get substantive jail time for most intentional animal cruelty cases, said Virginia Assistant Attorney General Michelle

A panel of animal law experts will focus on the latest law and policies regarding animal abuse at a public symposium hosted by the University of Virginia School of Law on Oct. 19 from 2-4 p.m. in Withers-Brown Hall, room 152. Sponsored in conjunction with the Law School's Animal Law Program , the

As general counsel to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and its 10 international affiliates since 1994, Jeffrey Kerr '87 ensures that the organization's investigations of animal abuse are legal and oversees litigation efforts to stop cruelty to animals. Jeffrey Kerr '87 With a reported 3

Two students are using their final project in an advocacy skills course sponsored by the Program in Law and Public Service to pursue a real-life campaign against the sale of shark fins. Cameron Jefferies LL.M. '11 and Stacee Karras '12 used their final project in a Public Interest Law and Advocacy

A $1 million gift from animal rights advocate and television personality Bob Barker will establish an animal law program at the University of Virginia Law School. Bob Barker Dean Paul Mahoney said the Law School and future generations of lawyers will benefit from Barker's commitment to animal rights

It might be hard enough to fight organized criminal gangs engaged in dog or cock fighting but, as lawyers for the Humane Society of the United States told law students Nov. 5, they sometimes have to fight government bureaucracies as well. Ethan Eddy, a staff attorney for the Society, and Sarah

Animal activists worried that the U.S. Navy's use of sonar may be harmful to marine mammals are fighting the service's national security exemption through litigation, according to a panel of experts who analyzed the issue Nov. 4 at the Law School.