National Justice for Animals Week runs through Friday. The annual event raises public awareness around crimes committed against animals <Link>.
Animal justice is not new. In an 1869 Supreme Court case, attorney George Vest*, later a U.S. Congressman from Missouri, represented an owner who sued a man for shooting his dog. Vest’s “a man’s best friend” closing argument became more famous than Vest himself.
*Vest was played by Ronald Regan in a 1964 Death Valley Days TV program <Link>.
Source: Field and Stream, January 27, 2010. Link.
INSIGHTS: If you’ve missed the story of Old Drum and the oral argument by Vest, enjoy!