Igor Purlantov Anticipates Animal Law Practice to Grow Rapidly in 2012 Animal law has recently gained strong recognition both inside the classroom and outside within the general public. This growth is due in large part to high profile donations from respected animal rights activists such as Bob Barker. In January of 2009 Mr. Barker donated $1 million to the University of Virginia School of Law to start its animal law rights program through his DJ&T Foundation. DJ&T has also made donations to animal law programs at Columbia, Duke, Harvard, Northwestern, Stanford, and the University of California in Los Angeles. These generous donations have allowed animal law programs to grow and gain popularity within law schools which has also coincided with the increased widespread acceptance of animal welfare. Animal law programs are now ta in Public bookmarkswith animalanimalsbarkerbobigorlawlegalpetspurlantovrightsschoolwelfare