Harvard University Animal Law & Policy Program
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Committed to analyzing & improving the treatment of animals through the legal system, and to fostering discourse, facilitating scholarship, developing strategic solutions, and building innovative bridges between theory and practice.
We've submitted written testimony to the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources regarding H.966/S.544, “An Act prohibiting the mistreatment of birds.” animal.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
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We are so happy to introduce our new Executive Director, Lana Nadj. Hop over to our website to learn more about her. We're looking forward to introducing her to you this year!
A new Harvard ALPP report finds that H.R.4673, the “Save Our Bacon Act,” Could Jeopardize Hundreds of State Regulations. The report includes an appendix with over 600 examples of potentially affected state laws and regulations. animal.law.harvard.edu/news-article...
H.R.4673, the “Save Our Bacon Act,” Could Jeopardize Hundreds of State Regulations New Legislative Analysis Finds - Harvard Law School - ALPP
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In @latimes.com today: a powerful oped by #animal law experts Kristen Stilt & Matthew Liebman about #RightToRescue. They argue that the necessity defense applies to rescuing animals from agricultural facilities. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... @harvardanimallaw.bsky.social #animalcruelty #vegan
Welcome back to school, all of us everywhere!
Bonnie Nadzam@bonnienadzam.bsky.social · 11mo agoHarvard Animal Law semester begins! Here in Ann Arbor, I snapped a pic of Faculty Fellow, Harvard Law School & ALPP alum Andy Stawasz holding up HLS & ALPP alum Elizabeth MeLampy's 2025 book on animal exploitation in US entertainment. Here's to Professor Kristen Stilt and -all- of our teachers.
Thank you Kristen Stilt @harvardanimallaw.bsky.social, @animal-justice.bsky.social, @climatedefense.bsky.social, animal law scholars, @nonhumanrights.bsky.social, @ccrjustice.org @aclu-norcal.bsky.social, @nlgnews.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Legal Scholars, Civil Liberties Groups join Kristen Stilt in supporting Animal Rights Activist Appeal: @animal-justice.bsky.social @climatedefense.bsky.social @nonhumanrights.bsky.social @ccrjustice.org @aclu-norcal.bsky.social @nlgnews.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/d/1...
2025.08.05 PR - Wayne appeal amici
For immediate release Contact: press@aaldp.com Legal Scholars, Civil Liberties Groups File in Support of Animal Rights Activist’s Appeal Multiple Constitutional Violations Plagued Trial That Jailed...
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Amid catastrophic events in the Anthropocene, an enduring moral intuition about animals is revealing itself. VLGS Distinguished Scholar & our Faculty Director Kristen Stilt shares "Someone," based on an in-process paper w Research Fellow @bonnienadzam.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/live/YRlwB0-...
Hot Topics 2025: Kristen Stilt, Harvard Law School and VLGS Distinguished Animal Law Summer Scholar
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What can humans and animals suffering from traumatic grief learn from each other? Join us on campus or via Zoom on Monday April 7 at 12:15 EST to hear from the singular Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, founder of Selah Carefarm (and so much more). Details below.
Silent wings, golden gaze—nature’s perfect hunter. 🦉 📸 mickfish1
Thousands of words on xenotransplantation, and all it can offer on animal ethics is bullshit whataboutism: "Some critics object to cloning animals for their organs as unethical. Still, the United States raises almost 150 million hogs for consumption each year."
For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves
Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans. But substantial ethical questions remain.
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It is not easy to keep myself from being dragged into the rushing currents of anger and grief that are running through my heart right now. Others must feel the same. Yet these very feelings press me forward into action. Meet me there.
Our Writer & Research Fellow Bonnie Nadzam with NYU's Dale Jamieson on the beginnings of a new collaboration: "The Case for Spiritual Resilience" www.carleton.edu/voice/storie....
The Case for Spiritual Resilience - Carleton College
In addition to climate resilience, “psychological, physical, social, and even spiritual resilience are needed to survive and flourish in the future that we are creating,” write Dale Jamieson and Bonni...
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Join us March 4 for our wildlife law panel , "At the Brink," bringing together two leading wildlife attorneys, Erica Fuller and Ramona McGee, with Mary Hollingsworth, on creative lawyering for protecting some of the country's most endangered species. Register here: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
According to NPR reporter Will Stone: "There has not been a single press briefing on bird flu with reporters & media since the new administration took over." Today at 12:15 EST, all your questions answered by Stone & infectious disease experts. Register here: animal.law.harvard.edu#:~:text=PROT....
Harvard's Animal Law Week kicks off tomorrow with an in-depth analysis of the science of avian flu, its relationship to animal ag, and media reporting under the Trump admin. "Has the Next Pandemic Already Begun?" Register & see the week's panel line up here: animal.law.harvard.edu/news-article...
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We're seeking a Research Fellow to lead groundbreaking research developing global animal welfare benchmarks. Qualified candidates will hold a J.D. and demonstrate passion for animal welfare. Please apply to make meaningful improvements to farmed animal welfare worldwide. lnkd.in/e9sqUAvA
Please join us for Animal Law Week, March 3-7, 2025! Panels include speakers on a range of emerging and ongoing issues addressing Bird Flu, Industrial Animal Agriculture, Wildlife Conservation, Animals Used in Entertainment, Animal Law Careers, and more. animal.law.harvard.edu/event/animal...
@kristinandrews.bsky.social @birchlse.bsky.social and @jeffsebo.bsky.social ! Much gratitude as ever for your work, insight, focus, and commitment--now more than ever. This is a terrific piece at @science.org.
Jeff Sebo@jeffsebo.bsky.social · last yr..@kristinandrews.bsky.social, @birchlse.bsky.social, and I have a new piece on animal consciousness at @science.org! We explain how this topic can be studied scientifically, and why current evidence supports a realistic possibility of consciousness in all vertebrates and many invertebrates.