July 11, 2022 Program ‘The court simply refused to extend to Happy the elephant the opportunity to prove, through her lawyers, that she deserves her freedom’
Professor Kristen Stilt weighs in on the campaign to release Happy the elephant from the Bronx Zoo.
July 08, 2022 Program Moving portraits and animal law
Helping it all come together is Chris Green, Robert's producer, who also happens to be the executive director of Harvard Law School's Animal Law & Policy Program.
June 29, 2022 Program The Legal Fight Over California’s Ban on Cruel Animal Cages Will Have National Repercussions
In October, the Supreme Court will hear National Pork Producers Council v Ross. In his latest for The New Republic, our Law & Policy Fellow Jan Dutkiewicz teams up with NYU's Jeff Sebo to argue that this obscure animal welfare and interstate trade case has broad implications for American democracy and states’ ability to regulate harmful industries.
June 27, 2022 Program The Richmond Department of Veterans Affairs is scaling down its research on laboratory dogs
The reduction of active protocols utilizing dogs at the Richmond VA is “a great reflection that the VA is taking seriously its commitment to this five-year plan,” said Chris Green, executive director of the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law and Policy Program at Harvard Law School.