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Nuria Menéndez de Llano

8th August 2016

is a Lawyer and doctoral candidate in animal studies at the University of Valladolid, Spain. Her main field of research is animal ethics, animal law and policy. She is a pioneering Spanish animal rights lawyer who founded the first Animal Law Firm in the region of Asturias (www.menendezdellano-abogados.es). She was co-founder of the Animal Law Commission at the Bar Association of Oviedo. She has collaborated as a pro bono consultant for years with several Spanish animal rights charities. She runs since 2012 the non-profit organization called Observatorio Justicia y Defensa Animal (www.justiciaydefensaanimal.es), which works for the enforcement of the animal law in Spain: prosecuting animal abuse, checking the legality of cruel animal festivals, and educating the public about animals and animal rights law.