May 05, 2022 Program Germany weighs whether culling excess lab animals is a crime
U.S. labs “can kill excess animals with no need to justify (or count) numbers to anyone other than the in-house ethics committee,” says veterinarian Larry Carbone, a visiting fellow at the Animal Law & Policy Program of Harvard Law School.
May 02, 2022 Program Harvard Fellow Calls Out Farm Industry Cover-Up Tactics
Law & Policy Fellow, Jan Dutkiewicz, is calling out the factory farm industry’s playbook for handling reports about animal abuse (warning: distressing).
April 21, 2022 Program Harvard Law School’s Chris Green to receive ABA animal law award
“Chris Green is a trailblazer in shaping the field of animal law,” said John McMeekin, chair of the ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section.
April 08, 2022 Program Ecuador’s High Court Rules Wild Animals Have Legal Rights
"There is a reckoning starting to happen that is breaking down the silos of animal law and environmental law, and this case is an important part of that development," says Kristen Stilt, a Harvard Law professor, to Inside Climate News.