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August 12, 2023 Program The Pandemic Potential of U.S. Animal Markets

Op-Ed by ALPP's Associate Director of Policy & Research, Ann Linder, on why zoonotic disease threats are not just an "over there" problem.

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August 02, 2023 Program US pork firms split over Congress bill to overturn California animal welfare law

The bill could also void over a thousand state and local public health and safety regulations because it is broadly written, according to a report by Harvard Law School's Animal Law & Policy Program.

May 25, 2023 Program USDA inaugurates new Kansas facility to study animal diseases

Ann Linder, a researcher at Harvard Law School, and Dale Jamieson, an expert on environmental and animal protection at NYU, published an Op Ed in the journal Science, warning that the United States has "blind spots," when it comes to research into biological threats and animal diseases.

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May 12, 2023 Clinic, Program Supreme Court Upholds Prop 12

Besides, by attempting to bypass state laws and local ordinances whenever regulations economically inconvenience out-of-state industries, the Supreme court could be setting a highly dangerous precedent, pointed out Harvard’s Animal Law & Policy Program Legislative Policy Fellow Kelsey Eberly, who authored a 60-page report that catalogs the myriad, diverse state laws and local ordinances that could be imperiled if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the pork producers. Eberly went on to state, “Yet the pork producers are asking the Supreme Court to strip states of their ability to not only ban cruel and unsafe products but also combat climate change, protect consumers from financial scams, and much more, whenever regulation economically inconveniences out-of-state industries. These arguments lack any foundation in the Constitution.” A majority of the Court apparently agreed.