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Suzana Gartner is a lawyer, mediator, and animal advocate. Her legal practice, Gartner Kostanska, is the first law firm in Canada to focus exclusively on animal law and the mediation of animal law disputes. Gartner serves as the Vice-Chair of the Ontario Bar Association’s Animal Law Executive Committee. She is a past member of the Ontario Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Executive Committee. She sits on the Board of Advisors for Animal Justice Canada. Gartner is also a member of the Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) working group, ‘Animals in the law and Humanities’ at the University of Toronto. Gartner is a member in good standing with The Law Society of Upper Canada. == Early Life and Animal Welfare == Gartner’s journey into animal welfare began as a shelter volunteer. In 2010, a chance encounter led her to an abandoned dog at a Toronto municipal shelter with a high kill rate. She regularly walked him, but as days passed, and no came to claim or adopt him, she realized the implications. She convinced her mother to meet him and that day, he was adopted and found a home. Saving this one life was her impetus to commit to change the legal system, and work to put an end to the killing of adoptable companion animals. Subsequently, she became an animal advocate and lobbied Toronto's municipal government to revise its animal by-laws. In 2013, Gartner completed her Master of Laws degree in ADR at Osgoode Hall Law School. Her research combined ADR methods with the field of animal law, and she coined the term, ACAP, Acceptable Companion Animal Philosophy, a balanced approach that recognizes the inherent value and sentience of companion animals, and proposes consensus building as a strategy to amend animal legislation towards ending the plight of homeless companion animals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Suzana Gartner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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