Your Rattie Got a Good Lawyer?
Chris Wencker loves his critters — two dogs, five cats and three rats — yet Arizona law makes little distinction between animal companions and other property, such as a bicycle or a coffee table.
Still, Wencker, a Tucson attorney with the Benavidez Law Group, envisions a future where animals have increased rights under the law.
He is a member of the Arizona State Bar's Animal Law Section. The section is made up, primarily, of lawyers with an interest in animal-welfare cases. ]
Wencker became interested in animal law while attending the University of Arizona. He said he "flirted" with joining an environmental-based student law group, but there wasn't enough emphasis on animals.
"There's already a big move toward granting animals a status that's better than property, but it's unworkable to give them the status of persons because they can't exercise their rights."
...Animal movements...rock!
Still, Wencker, a Tucson attorney with the Benavidez Law Group, envisions a future where animals have increased rights under the law.
He is a member of the Arizona State Bar's Animal Law Section. The section is made up, primarily, of lawyers with an interest in animal-welfare cases. ]
Wencker became interested in animal law while attending the University of Arizona. He said he "flirted" with joining an environmental-based student law group, but there wasn't enough emphasis on animals.
"There's already a big move toward granting animals a status that's better than property, but it's unworkable to give them the status of persons because they can't exercise their rights."
...Animal movements...rock!
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