Animal Protection of New Mexico, Inc. (APNM) is uniting
the state's animal activists and caring individuals for their 1999
Conference for the Animals. The event is scheduled for November 5, 6, 7
at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center on Carlisle Blvd in
Albuquerque. The conference aims to strengthen effective animal activist
networks, as well as educate the public about issues affecting domestic
and wild animals.
Prominent speakers include:
- Roger Fouts, co-director of the Chimpanzee and Human Communication
Institute of Ellensburg, Washington, caretaker of the sign-language
speaking chimp Washoe, and author of Next of Kin;
- Steven M. Wise, animal rights attorney, professor of the first animal
rights course at Harvard University Law School and soon to be published
author of Rattling the Cage - Towards Legal Rights for Animals;
- Gary Kowalski, minister, president of the Unitarian Universalists for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals and author of The Souls of Animals and
Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet;
- Alan Green, journalist and author of Animal Underworld: Inside
America's Black Market for Rare and Exotic Species, a just released
four-year investigation of the trafficking of animals unwanted by the
nation's zoos, labs, and theme parks;
- Linda Hogan, acclaimed Chickasaw poet and novelist, raptor
rehabilitation volunteer, author of the awarded Mean Spirit and
co-editor of Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals.
The three-day conference will provide seminars on legal
rights for animals, wildlife and wilderness, vegetarianism, animal
overpopulation, animal disaster planning, intro to animal rights, as
well as Native American animal/environmental activists. The event will
conclude with Linda Hogan participating in a special panel of diverse
regional experts who will discuss assaults on the region's wildlife and
the wilderness they depend on for survival. Vegan food will be served.
Contact APNM at 505-265-2322 for a complete agenda and
registration form
or visit
www.apnm.org
Source: owner-veg-news@envirolink.org
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