Christopher J. Allen, DVM, JD, President of Associates in Veterinary Law P.C., Endwell, N.Y., near Binghamton. He has authored numerous articles on veterinary law in major professional journals and provides legal and consulting services to veterinarians and animal researchers.

Larry Carbone, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACLAM, Senior Clinical Veterinarian and Associate Director of the Laboratory Animal Resource Center at the University of California-San Francisco. Dr. Carbone was a founding member of Cornell University's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and established the Animal Welfare Assurance Program at UCSF. He is author of "What Animals Want: Expertise and Advocacy in Laboratory Animal Welfare" (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Peggy J. Danneman, VMD, MS, Dipl. ACLAM, Senior Director of Laboratory Animal Health Services, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine. Dr. Danneman is co-author of "Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals" (Academic Press, 2008), co-author of "The Laboratory Mouse" (CRC Press, 2001). She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC).

Bernard E. Rollin, PhD, University Distinguished Professor, Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Animal Sciences, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University Bioethicist, Colorado State University. Dr. Rollin serves on the Institute for Laboratory Animal Resources Council of the National Academy of Sciences. He has authored numerous books, including Natural and Conventional Meaning (1976), Animal Rights and Human Morality (1981), and The Unheeded Cry: Animal Consciousness, Animal Pain and Scientific Change (1988). The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) presented him its Humane Award, recognizing efforts on behalf of animals and exceptional compassion for animal welfare.

Mark Suckow, DVM, Dipl. ACLAM, Director, Freimann Life Science Center, Associate Research Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame. An internationally prominent scholar in animal rights and animal consciousness, Dr. Suckow's research interests focus on animal modeling of cancer, particularly the development of tumor-derived vaccines for prevention and treatment of cancer. His laboratory also has examined the genetic basis and pathophysiology of prostate cancer using the Lobund-Wistar rat, a unique animal model of spontaneous, metastasizing prostate cancer.