Defending the Defenseless - A Guide to Protecting and Advocating for Pets

Defending the Defenseless is a practical how-to book on getting involved to protect companion animals. Each chapter is dedicated to a specific area in which all of us can become involved to protect cats, dogs, and other companion animals, and includes practical tips on taking action, from the smallest of tasks, to more involved measures such as making a career of helping animals or launching a large-scale advocacy campaign. This book provides everything you need to know to do more for animal companions.

About the author

Allie Phillips, Esq., is the Director of Public Policy at the American Humane Association. She specializes in advocacy and lobbying on child and animal welfare legislation, particularly pound seizure advocacy on federal and state legislation and conducts trainings on advocacy techniques, animal cruelty prosecutions, and The Link. She has conducted over 100 trainings primarily educating prosecutors, judges, law enforcement, child protection, animal welfare, domestic violence, and medical/psychological professionals on best practices in child and animal protection. She is the Vice President of No Paws Left Behind, a nonprofit organization formed in May 2008 to help pets caught in the foreclosure crisis and to award grants to pet owners to help them keep their pet while finding new housing and employment.

Product details

• Authors: Animal Advocate, Master, Allie Phillips
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780810895744
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-9574-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; NATURE / Animal Rights, LAW / Criminal Law / General, PETS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Animals & society, Domestic animals & pets, Crime & criminology, Criminal law: procedure & offences