The Animal Law Section held its annual conference, The 2010 Animal Law Institute, on May 21 at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio. Topics ranged from the largest animal seizure in history to animal advocacy in Asia. The conference is the section’s signature event and continues to grow and attract prominent national and local speakers in the field of animal law.

The section’s legislative committee is working on legislation for the 2011 Texas Legislative Session. The committee is looking at a number of potential animal-related bills.

The Animal Law Reporter is the section’s newsletter, which is published twice a year. The section also maintains this website, www.animallawsection.org, and hosts a list serve for members to exchange ideas and information on animal law.

In addition to their work for the Animal Law Section, the officers and council members actively contribute to the field of animal law in a number of ways. Amy Bures Danna, Yolanda Eisenstein, Don Feare, and Susan Hightower are all adjunct law school professors who teach animal law. Don Feare was one of the attorneys on the Arlington seizure of 27,000 exotic animals, the largest in the U.S. to date. Yolanda Eisenstein is currently writing a book, Careers in Animal Law, to be published by the ABA Law Practice Management Section.  

           The Animal Law Section presented two animal law CLE programs at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting in Fort Worth and is also planning several CLE programs for the coming year.