Amy is an attorney and the first South African to graduate with a Master’s degree in Animal Law. She has been involved in animal protection for a number of years and is a dedicated activist on animal, human and environmental matters. She is co-founder and director of the first organization dedicated to animal law in her country - Animal Law Reform South Africa. She also works throughout Africa and in the USA on a broad variety of animal protection issues, focusing on the legitimization of animal law as a field, equipping lawyers and the promotion of animal law education and scholarship.