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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.

August 26, 2023 Clinic Kanaloa Octopus Farm no longer operating out of Hawai‘i Ocean Science Technology Park

“We’re relieved that [Kanaloa Octopus Farms’] days of capturing and confining octopuses to barren touch tanks are through and hope this sends a clear message that cephalopod farms have no place in a society that respects animals,” said Rachel Mathews, Acting Clinic Director of Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic.

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August 22, 2023 Clinic What Really Happened at That Controversial Octopus Farm in Hawaii

According to a statement from Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic, researchers there have confirmed that “Kanaloa Octopus Farm (KOF) is no longer operating at HOST Park, and the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) has chosen not to renew its rental agreement.”

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June 28, 2023 Clinic The Case of the Miserable Monkeys and the Apathetic Agency

Katherine Meyer, Director of Harvard Law School’s Animal Law and Policy Clinic, talks about a recent decision in a case handled by the clinic entitled New England Anti Vivisection Society (now known as Rise for Animals v Elizabeth Goldentyre).