Animals and the Law Seminar to be Held June 5

Overview of Florida’s Animal Protection Laws (9:00-9:50)

Animals in Distress- Seizures and Orders to Provide Care (9:50-10: 40)  Marcy LaHart, Esq.

10:40-11:00 Break

Dogs That Bite: Protecting Communities and Pet Owners (11:00-11:50)  Marcy LaHart, Esq.

11: 50-1:30 LUNCH (On Your Own)

Animals in Disaster Planning   (1:30-3:10)  Laura Bevan, HSUS

3:10-3:20 Break

Puppies for Sale: Laws Governing Sale of Dogs and Cats (3:20-4:10)  Marcy LaHart, Esq.

Service Dogs, Therapy Dogs, Emotional Support Dogs-What is the Difference and Why does it Matter? (4:10-5:00)  Marcy LaHart, Esq.

FLORIDA BAR MEMBERS 7.0 CLEs (Applied For)

About the instructors:

Laura Bevan is director of The Humane Society of the United States’ Eastern Regional Office. An expert in animal cruelty and animal fighting, she began her HSUS career in 1987 as program coordinator of the regional office in Tallahassee. She has extensive experience in working natural disasters, specifically hurricanes, wildfires and floods. She served on an ad hoc committee that developed Florida's disaster plan for animals and wrote the Disaster Planning for Animals manual published by The Humane Society of the United States.

Marcy LaHart is managing shareholder of Marcy I. LaHart, PA.  She handles cases in environmental law, animal law, administrative law and water law throughout Florida, and teaches Animal Law as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami School of Law. Her clients are private citizens, animal welfare organizations and environmental organizations.

Please RSVP to Ivanhoe Carroll at 926-0902 or cell 528-1184.

This information originally published on May 25, 2009.

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