19 February 2010

"If it's not a crook..."

"...you must unhook..."
-- GENEVA -- Lawyer Antoine F. Goetschel feels uncomfortable talking about one of his recent clients. And it isn't just because he lost the case.

Goetschel is Europe's only animal lawyer and the figurehead for a movement that wants to expand Zurich's pioneering legal system across Switzerland.

Voters will decide in a March 7 poll whether every canton should be required to appoint an animal lawyer to represent the interests of pets and farm animals in court.
My favorite quote from the article...
"Fish don't get much sympathy."
Hard to argue that one.