June 23, 2021 Clinic Animal Rights Organization Sues Over Deaths of 152 Elk
"The National Park Service has a responsibility to protect and preserve these beautiful animals. The idea that depriving them of food and water somehow fulfills that responsibility isn't just absurd, it's undeniably inhumane," said attorney Kate Barnekow of Harvard's Animal Law & Policy Clinic which is representing the plaintiffs.
June 22, 2021 Clinic Lawsuit: Point Reyes National Seashore negligent in tule elk die off
Kate Barnekow, an attorney at Harvard’s Animal Law and Policy Clinic, said the park’s management of the herd is “undeniably inhumane” and that its delayed response to the lack of food and water “has become so harmful and dire that legal action needs to be taken.”
June 22, 2021 Clinic Animal rights group sues park service over dying elk
Dozens of tule elk at Point Reyes National Seashore have died from starvation and dehydration in the last year because they couldn’t get past a fence that the National Park Service placed to stop them from competing for food and water with cattle, according to a lawsuit filed by Harvard's Animal Law & Policy Clinic Tuesday against the federal government today.
June 09, 2021 Clinic Concerns raised over focused versus full inspections at research facilities
Katherine Meyer, director of the Harvard legal clinic, said in a message to JAVMA that the law requires full inspections each year to ensure laboratories comply with minimum standards of humane treatment. The animals already sacrifice their lives, she said, and they deserve protections that guarantee their care.