Alabama Animal Law: Our Laws, Challenges and Opportunities
Total Credits: 3 including 3 Alabama CLE Credit
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- Faculty:
- Mindy Gilbert | Dustin Levii Dutton | Aubrie Kavanaugh
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Alabama has animal laws on a range of topics that are scattered in the Code of Alabama. Many of the laws are not enforced or prosecuted consistently. Most laws are not understood by the public, leading to unrealistic expectations of enforcement officials or efforts to enact new laws that could weaken those hard gained more than 25 years ago. This program will provide you with some practical information to help you understand the current landscape of animal laws in Alabama, enforcement issues and how those relate to your practice of law.
Faculty
Mindy Gilbert Related Seminars and Products
Recently retired, Mindy has a combined 36 years of employment in animal protection, including
as a nonprofit Humane Society director, a municipal department head, a cruelty investigator
and a State Director with the Humane Society of the United States. She has worked with law
enforcement at the local, state and federal level in enforcement actions to bring animal abusers
to justice. Mindy resides in Jasper Alabama with a much loved and pampered animal family.
Dustin Levii Dutton Related Seminars and Products
Cherokee County Animal Control/Shelter Director
Dustin started his career in Cherokee County in 2009 working in corrections before transferring to Animal Control where he now holds the position as the Animal Control/Shelter Director. Dustin is skilled in various animal welfare/control investigations and has worked on multiple cruelty cases and assisted in cases with other agencies. Dustin provides training at the state and national level to animal control officers and law enforcement personnel.
Aubrie Kavanaugh Related Seminars and Products
Paws4Change
Aubrie Kavanaugh is an Army veteran who recently retired from a decades-long career as a defense litigation paralegal with a focus on municipal defense (most of which was law enforcement defense). She is the founder of a national humane education platform called Paws4Change where she blogs on a variety of topics related to companion animals and political advocacy. As the founder of No Kill Huntsville, she published a 2019 book entitled, “Not Rocket Science: A Story of Animal Shelter Advocacy in Huntsville Alabama” to help fellow animal advocates, shelter employees and elected officials. Aubrie is a proponent of the programs and services of No Kill Equation which serve to reduce shelter intake, shorten length of stay for animals, help the public and focus on public safety.
