Herding cats (The Illinois Feral Cat Task Force)By Ledy VanKavageApril 2017The recently created Feral Cat Task Force Resolution was charged with making recommendations for changes that would result in the effective management of feral and community cats, preserve wildlife, improve cat welfare, maintain property rights, and enhance public health.
Letter from the ChairBy Ledy VanKavageApril 2017A message from Animal Law Section Chair Ledy VanKavage.
“Property plus” – A new well-being standard for the family pet in marriage dissolution proceedingsBy Alicia Hill RuizNovember 2017On January 1, 2018, Illinois begins its work as the first state to mandate that in any allocation of a marital asset companion animal under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (“IMDMA”), the court “...shall take into consideration the well-being of the companion animal.”