September 07, 2023 Nirva Kapasi Patel Named Executive Director of Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard
Weston residents may remember Nirva for her spirited citizen’s petition calling for a fur ban in Weston. The town voted in favor of the ban during Outdoor Town Meeting, the Town Meeting in May 2021 that was held on Proctor Field.
September 06, 2023 A Dangerous Game of Chicken
The Animal Law & Policy Program's Ann Linder and Bonnie Nazdam ask, could an H5N1 pandemic from poultry lead to human extinction?
September 05, 2023 200+ Members of Congress Now Oppose the EATS Act
Critics also point out the language of the bill, which is characterized as vague and far-reaching. Harvard Animal Law Chair Chris Green says the bill’s language is far too broad: “you've got three really key terms [that are] completely undefined. And then you have the fourth really key term defined so broadly as to include everything under the sun.”
August 30, 2023 Park seeks comments on Marin elk preserve fence plan
“Hundreds of tule elk at Tomales Point have suffered starvation, dehydration, and death because the National Park Service’s fence has blocked them from getting enough food and water during historic drought conditions,” the Harvard clinic’s director Rachel Mathews said in an email. “The service’s long-overdue proposal to remove the fence is the most humane and reasonable solution and could not come soon enough for the elk.”