April 13, 2021 Exclusive Q&A with the director of GUNDA

Animal Law & Policy Program Executive Director Chris Green in conversation with Victor Kossakovsky director of GUNDA, which opens in theaters this Friday (April 16).

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.

A worker handles chickens on a slaughter line

August 13, 2020 Agriculture Department fails to require humane poultry handling, lawsuit says

Animal Law & Policy Clinic lawsuit claims USDA has neglected to require humane handling of poultry at federally inspected slaughterhouses for years.

Young beagle looking up at someone.

July 01, 2020 Dogs not necessary except in very limited areas of research, report says

National advisory panel concludes that most recent research involving dogs conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs was unnecessary and that the agency should do more to justify limited use of canines and improve the lives of those still used.

Chris Green speaks to the ABA House of Delegates from the podium.

February 17, 2020 Resolution on animal training for police officers passes

In most police departments in the United States, the top reason an officer fires their weapon is to shoot at a dog, according to a Department of Justice study cited in the report accompanying a resolution that was adopted today.

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