March 20, 2021 Rights of Nature, Rights of Animals

The fields of animal law and environmental law have an uneasy relationship. At a basic level, they are intertwined by the fundamental observation that animals, human and nonhuman, exist in the environment.

March 13, 2021 The Constitutional Court of Ecuador to decide if animals are things or if they have rights

Professor Kristen Stilt is working with the Nonhuman Rights Project on a joint amicus brief for which will explore what rights may be available to nonhuman animals in Ecuador.

February 24, 2021 Cattle stranded at sea for two months are likely dead or ‘suffering hell’

Professor Kristen Stilt, Director of Harvard’s Animal Law and Policy Program, told the Guardian that it was an inherent risk with live transport that the animals would be rejected at their destination port.

Sheep boarding a long-distance transport ship

October 28, 2020 Guardian exclusive: Livestock ships twice as likely to be lost as cargo vessels

Professor Kristen Stilt, Faculty Director of the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School, who is writing a book on the long-distance transport of animals, said: “With the Guardian’s shocking findings… [it’s] time for an open and honest assessment of an industry that has caused one crisis after another."

Purple poster advertising Canadian Animal Law Conference

September 01, 2020 Animal Law & Policy Program to present at Canadian Animal Law Conference

Five speakers from the Animal Law & Policy Program will speak at this year's Canadian Animal Law Conference: Faculty Director, Professor Kristen Stilt; Executive Director, Chris Green; Research Fellow, Ann Linder; Clinical Fellow, Kate Barnekow, and Policy Fellow, Jan Dutkiewicz.

Sheep grazing in a field.

May 31, 2018 Animal Law & Policy Program issues report on the “King Amendment”

The Animal Law & Policy Program releases its first formal policy publication, authored by Legislative Policy Fellow, Ann Linder