January 2010 Animal Law Newsletter

By Melissa Anne Maye

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Animal Law Section newsletter! 

By Amy A. Breyer

No matter what your practice area, human interests often intersect with animal interests. The ISBA’s Animal Law Section offers you both an opportunity to stay on top of this constantly evolving area, as well as a valuable link to resources you may need when that intersection of interests crosses your desk. 

By Melissa Anne Maye

Some individuals are so attached to their companion animals that they wish to provide for their care and well-being, even after the owners have died. 

By A. Bryan Endres & Stephanie B. Johnson

In an effort to distinguish their products from those of competitors, some segments of the livestock and meat industries make labeling claims referring to special attributes of their product or process

By Laura McFarland-Taylor

An interesting question came up on a listserv I belong to: whether or not a trustee in a boarder’s Arizona bankruptcy case could void that state’s agister’s lien in favor of the boarding barn and sell the boarder’s horses to satisfy the bankruptcy estate debts.