Alanna Devine

Alanna Devine is the Director of Animal Advocacy at the Montreal branch[1] of the Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.[2] Her law degree is from McGill University Faculty of Law in Montreal. She clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada. While a student she founded the McGill Student Animal Legal Defense Fund,[3][4] a chapter of the Animal Legal Defense Fund.[5] She has been particularly active in closing puppy mills,[6] where dogs are intensively bred, much the way animals are bred on factory farms. Devine serves on a Quebec provincial government committee considering amendments to Quebec's animal welfare legislation.[7][8]

Alanna Devine is a vegan.[9]

References
  1. "Montreal SPCA | Proudly Serving Animals Since 1869". SPCA de Montréal.
  2. "Mission and official policies | Montreal SPCA". Spca.com. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Alanna Devine Bites Back 2009 McGill University Law Newsletter pp 26-28 http://publications.mcgill.ca/droit/files/2010/02/Law-newsletter-2009.pdf
  6. VP, Contact Information Contact: Sophie Ileana Gaillard Organization; Phone: 514-928-2878, SALDF McGill Email: sophie gaillardmail mcgill ca Office. "Perspectives on Animal Law: A Panel of Experts from Switzerland, Canada, and the U.S." Channels.
  7. "Protection des animaux: une loi qui ne mord pas". La Presse. May 29, 2012.
  8. "After the Berger Blanc: A Comparative Approach to the UtilitarianRegulation of Municipal Animal Control" (PDF). erudit.org. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
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