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1988 Animal Legal Def. Fund Newsl. 1 (1988)

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ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND







No. 1                                   WINTER 1988                                   March


ANIMALS USED IN LABORATORIES
Legal Analysis of Propos-d',  body of (nonattorney) activis
Federal Regulations \.     .    can uncover and report on


In response to the publi
proposed regulations to ii
the 1985 amendments to t]
Animal Welfare Act, A]
pred and submitted ant
3et of comments to the US
attorney, Joyce Tischler, ,
lead counsel on this proje
ordinated a team of atton
provided both substantivi
torial assistance thro uJ
drafting process.


Working with Trans-Species Un-
limited, ALDF began coordinating a


ts who
inimnalJ


i buse in their geographical areas,
Ial coordinate efforts to educate-


'unded two cases at the appel-
n which the focus was on the
Le life of a companion animal.
Gary (MD), the plaintiff's
seriously injured by the
Is dog. The-trial court found
[ant liable, but limited recov-
J, the difference between the
he dog before and after the
  einjured dog required vet-
Mces of over $1,900.) In ef-
  was stating that the dog
ve    replaced rather than
Ibrought back to health. The
iftorney, Roger Galvin, is ap-
LCecourt's decision, arguing
gee should not be limited to
irket value of the dog.
id lawsuit, Jankowski v. Pre-
0   4Hspital (IL) involves the
#6g4ue to veterinary negli-
,plaipfiff's attorney, Kenneth
i  e,that loss of companion-
  ,r ognized asan element


                                ~>\\\Te;,  Ithese cases is to familiar-
,ers'and~adfi~istrtat'ors,,*Wead    an
,. ..d........ir brs e.a.. ad.         '  and the public with the
           A~isA 1'ime~ii~St~dn _     N~lt'~animals are more than
     un   t  e   bo      eg         pro   t, replaceable ata low cost,
duty to open meetings of the cam- to make it more expensive to negli-
pus animal care committees so that gently harm animals and to thereby
members of the public may attend.  increase the value of the animal's life.


1987


- THE YEAR IN REVIEW

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