Penny Conly Ellison

September 09, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Oct. 11, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, a case that will likely determine the power of states to impose minimum animal welfare standards for animal products sold in their state.

By Penny Conly Ellison

7 minute read

April 22, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Habitat loss and degradation is the largest driver of extinction in the United States and globally.

By Penny Conly Ellison

7 minute read

June 16, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The door to the courthouse can be an awfully difficult journey when the real party harmed is a nonhuman animal.

By Penny Conly Ellison

9 minute read

September 25, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Animals and our policies toward them are at the very heart of both the causes of climate change and its devastating effects.

By Penny Conly Ellison

8 minute read

June 17, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

On planes, in shopping malls and restaurants, service and support animals seem to be everywhere. The use of service animals and emotional support animals has grown exponentially over the past few years.

By Penny Conly Ellison

9 minute read

March 22, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania legislators are coming together to take one more step in the direction of protecting dogs used for commercial breeding purposes and also protecting consumers from purchasing sick or genetically defective dogs.

By Penny Conly Ellison

8 minute read

September 18, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

As animal law has developed into a specialty over the past few decades, lawyers have wrestled with how to get their interests to matter in court proceedings. Animals are property under the law, a concept that has broad implications.

By Penny Conly Ellison

8 minute read

June 18, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Animal Legal Defense Fund uses the tagline “All of our clients are innocent.” I would add “and none of them can afford a lawyer.”

By Penny Conly Ellison

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March 19, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Traveling with a pet can create quite the dilemma. Many pet owners are reluctant to leave their pets behind when they travel, but traveling by air can be both stressful and, at times, dangerous for pets.

By Penny Conly Ellison

7 minute read

December 28, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

In 2017, Pennsylvania animal advocates celebrated the passage of Libre's Law, an omnibus statute that grouped together several bills that previously…

By Penny Conly Ellison

8 minute read