October 06, 2023 Clinic What Do We Owe the Octopus?
Mounting research suggests that cephalopods experience pain. Now, the National Institutes of Health is considering new animal welfare rules that would put them in the same category as monkeys.
September 29, 2023 Program The EATS Act Jeopardizes Animal Welfare And Human Health
“The EATS Act could have a devastating effect on farms by eliminating infectious disease safeguards for livestock entering states like Iowa,” said Chris Green, Executive Director of the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard University.
September 25, 2023 Nirva Kapasi Patel Named Executive Director of Harvard Law School’s Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program
“I am overjoyed to join a team that boldly challenges and improves legal and policy decisions in order to further protect the billions of animals who suffer every single day,” said Patel.
September 20, 2023 Program Zoonotic Disease And Animal Welfare In The U.S.
Together with our colleagues at NYU’s Center for Environmental and Animal Protection and Harvard Law’s Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program, we explored some of these concerns in a report on 36 major American animal industries, from factory farming to the trade in exotic companion animals.