What career opportunities are there for animal lawyers in Canada?
Like Canada, animal law is not yet a recognized discipline in Quebec. The few lawyers who work in this field, are nothing but family lawyers. The majority of them have no real interest for animals; they fight on Court only for the need of the client to have the guard of his or her animal, in the event of a divorce or a death. The Crown’s attorneys who prosecute people accused of cruelty to an animal, are not all sympathetic to animal’s concerns. They also have to defend victims of serious crimes, such as murder, rape and aggravated assault, what can create feelings of frustration and disinterest for animal’s cases. 7. To what extent do you think animals can be protected (e.g. through litigation or legislation) within a system that classifies them as property? The Quebec being a system of civil law, it is difficult to support an other answer than legislation. In such matter of ‘Property and Civil Rights’, judges cannot create legal norms or standards without a written text. 8. Do you ha
