This Publication has been put together to assemble some of the fantastic work and efforts flowing from the 2019 Cape Town Animal Conference (the “Conference”).
Specifically, it highlight voices of South African youth in relation to various topics on animal, environmental and human protection. Last year, we held an Essay Competition as part of the Conference and asked students as well as researchers to write on the subject of “Justice for Animals in South Africa and Beyond”. We received a broad variety of excellent essays from all over the country.
We are proud of and congratulate all our entrants, particularly the two winners: Jessica du Toit (the overall winner) and the runner up - Sifiso Ndlazi. Our other passionate and promising entrants included: Anna-Leigh Sharl La Reservee, Bryan Buchler, Patricia Matsipi, Megan Laura Griffiths, Taylor June Kruger and Sherene van Vuuren.
Animal Law Reform South Africa is proud to have been part of the Cape Town Animal Conference Organizing Collective: among the following groups: Animal Coalition of Southern Africa, We Are Animals (UCT), and the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School (“CALS”) - and particularly the individuals involved: Les Mitchell, Sheila Wilson, Michael Glover, Chloe Kingdom, Elisa Galgut, Amy P. Wilson and Natasha Dolezal.
There are many,many people who were involved in making the Conference, Publication and Student Session a success. More special thanks we have not included here are inside the Publication!
For the Publication specifically - we thank CALS for their donation towards the Publication and Gregg Davies Media for all of his wonderful work on it!
We hope that you enjoy this product as a small effort to share ideas, knowledge, learn and make changes in the world.
With young activists such as those featured herein - as well as all of the advocates working tirelessly each day to ensure that nonhuman animals are accounted for - we trust that you, like us, see a promising future for animal protection in South Africa.
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