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May 21, 2023 Clinic Range War Court Battle Pits Elk Against Cattle at Calif. Public Seashore

When Congress established Point Reyes, it instructed the National Park Service to protect the elk in a "free and wild state" — because they were of "educational, scientific, and esthetic value to the people of the U.S.," noted the environmentalists’ initial lawsuit, which was filed against the National Park Service in 2021 by Harvard Law School’s Animal Law and Policy Clinic.

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May 17, 2023 Clinic ‘The legacy I hope to leave’

And as a student at Harvard Law herself, Tsao has tried to follow the advice she gives others. “My philosophy has always been, ‘let your curiosity lead you.’” Her love of wildlife and the environment motivated her to enroll in the Animal Law & Policy Clinic, where she drafted a petition to the Fish and Wildlife Service on behalf of the Florida manatee, urging that the species be classified as “endangered” rather than simply “threatened.” “These animals have been declining in numbers due to the unprecedented loss of seagrass; it was incredibly rewarding to advocate for these majestic animals,” she says.

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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.

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May 03, 2023 Clinic Harvard clinic appeals ruling in elk lawsuit

Harvard's Animal Law & Policy Clinic has appealed the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that mismanagement by the National Park Service caused a die-off of tule elk at the Point Reyes National Seashore.