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Environmental and Animal Welfare Impacts of Intensive Farming: exploring the legal framework and potential avenues for change

Monday, November 8, 2010 17:30
Chancellor Day Hall 3644 rue Peel, Montreal, QC, H3A 1W9, CA

The Student Animal Legal Defense Fund at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ and Environmental Law 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ present a panel discussion examining the environmental and animal welfare impacts of intensive farming, in Canada and abroad.

The panelists will explore the current legal framework surrounding intensive farming, debate potential avenues for change, and discuss what they view as the most promising ways to mitigate environmental and animal welfare impacts.

This panel will bring together three experts from Canada and the United States.

Kaitlyn Mitchell is a staff lawyer with Ecojustice (formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund), the nation's leading non-profit organization using the law to protect and restore the Canadian environment. Kaitlyn also teaches Development and Environmental Law at Ryerson University in Toronto.

Navin Ramankutty is an Assistant Professor of Geography and Earth System Science at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Land-Use and Land-Cover Change. Professor Ramankutty's research program at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ aims to understand how global land use, interacting with climate change, influences ecosystems and the services they provide to human societies.

David Wolfson teaches animal law as a lecturer-in-law at Columbia Law School and as an adjunct professor at New York University Law School. Mr. Wolfson has written extensively on animal law issues, with a particular focus on farmed animal law, and has represented a number of prominent animal protection organizations.

Followed by a reception.

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