August 19, 2023 Program The EATS Act is a “Race to the Bottom” w/ Chris Green
Do you try to keep up with animal-related legislation but sometimes find yourself wondering what it all means? This week we get some answers regarding the hugely important EATS Act and the effort to eradicate state animal welfare laws from Chris Green, Executive Director of the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law.
August 16, 2023 Program A GOP bill would ban California’s pig measure and others like it
Laws intended to prevent the spread of infectious diseases like avian influenza, or bird flu, “could be one of the most significant casualties,” wrote the report’s author, Kelley McGill, regulatory policy fellow with the Animal Law & Policy Program.
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.
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.