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Please post and disseminate the following information. Thank you. Isabelle Strauss, Esq. (adjunct faculty Rutgers SPAA)
Registration is now open for the online course: Issues in Animals Cruelty and the Law given by Lawyers In Defense of Animals, Inc. (www.njlida.org ) in collaboration with Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration(SPAA) .
This course explores how society defines and adjudicates animal cruelty as it relates to all animals, including wildlife, farm animals and animals in entertainment. It examines the legal implications of the link between cruelty to animals and humans, when individuals may intervene in instances of animal cruelty and when mandatory and/or cross-reporting of cruelty is warranted. Learn the role of the First Amendment in prosecuting and protesting animal cruelty and role played by consumer fraud laws in product labeling. This online course is taught by the LIDA trustees and is enhanced by students’ optional participation in telephone conferences held throughout the course. One of three courses offered in the Animals, Community and the Law Certificate program, this course may be taken for 3 graduate credits in the SPAA MPA program or for non credit. The Animals, Community and the Law program is recognized as a specialization (concentration) within the Rutgers SPAA MPA.
For graduate credit information please contact Dean Kirchhoff at jkirchho@newark.rutgers.edu or 973-353-1351. To learn more or to enroll for non credit please go to www.ncpp.us and follow the icon for the Animals, Community and the Law Certificate.
For content info. please contact Isabelle Strauss, Esq. at anrtesq@aol.com or 732-255-4696 The course starts June 1, 2010. Please register early to ensure enrollment. Thank you.
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