Animal Law Forum Brings CLE, Conservation, Zoo Residents Together - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 6, 2025

The TBA’s Animal Law Section held its annual forum Friday at the Nashville Zoo, where attendees heard from experts on issues affecting veterinary clinics, equine concerns, conservation, sensitive habitat development, case law updates, ethics and more. Participants also had the chance to explore the zoo during lunch and meet some of its residents, including a skunk, tamandua, hairy armadillos and rhinos. Attendees also learned about the blue-tongued skink and observed him running amok in the CLE room.

Attendees meet Rosemary the skunk

Rhinos join the TBA group for lunch

Zoo employee feeds Andre the tamandua of the anteater family

Dale McGinnity, curator of ectotherms at the Nashville Zoo discusses conservation initiatives. Ectotherms are animals that are dependent on external sources of body heat.

Dale McGinnity feeds one of the Nashville Zoo’s Komodo dragons

Rob Simpson provides an ethics update

Attendees learn about the blue-tongued skink lizard

Attendees meet an Andean hairy armadillo