Île-à-Vache Île-à-Vache Île-à-Vache, (French, also expressed Île-à-Vaches, former Spanish name Isla Vaca, all translate to Cow Island) is a Caribbean island, one of Haiti's satellite islands. It lies in the Baie de Cayes about off the coast of the country's southwest peninsula, roughly between the town of Les Cayes and Pointe l'Abacou. It was formerly known by the name of Abacca. Administratively, it became a commune in 1976 as part of the Les Cayes Arrondissement in the Sud department. Île-à-Vache was claimed by the Spanish Empire in 1492 as part of Hispaniola, and for the next two centuries it was known
International Society for Animal Rights Ms. Tischler names as "the first animal rights lawyer" in the United States ISAR's long-time chairman, Henry Mark Holzer, professor emeritus at Brooklyn Law School. Ms. Tischler credits Professor Holzer with three accomplishments crucial to establishing the field of what today is known as animal rights law. With the support of ISAR, (1) Bringing the first federal and first state lawsuit to invoke explicitly the moral concept of animal rights; (2) Having founded the Animal Rights Law Reporter, which became "the legal clearinghouse for animal rights law information"; and, (3) Organizing the First National Conference on Animal Rights Law"—an undertaking,