I speak with Katherine Meyer, Director of the Animal Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard as well as a visiting assistant clinical professor of law at the university. She also brings along two students of hers, Brett Richey and Boanne Wassink, and the three of them speak to me about the very first case filed by the Animal Law and Policy Clinic. The case involves a petition for rulemaking filed with the USDA by their clients trying to get the agency to write rules interpreting the requirements in the Animal Welfare Act requiring psychological enrichment for primates. They also talk about the work that the Animal Law and Policy Clinic is doing and what she hopes to accomplish including the clinic’s work to improve the Animal Welfare Act.
Join Animal Law professor and longtime activist Mariann Sullivan as she unpacks the latest updates, cases, and news from the burgeoning world of animal law.
I speak with Professor Sherry Colb of Cornell Law School along with one of her students, Jareb Gleckel about a recent article they have co-written about the ongoing, wide-ranging legislation that seeks to limit and in some case criminalize the …continue
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Alene Anello of Legal Impact for Chickens joins us once again, this time to talk, not about chickens, but about cows. Of course, the laws affecting farmed animals are often the same regardless of species and Legal Impact for Chickens …continue
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FarmSTAND attorneys Kelsey Eberly and Skye Walker join us on this episode to discuss an absolutely infuriating case, Blumm v Northwest Natural Gas Company. They explain how an increasing number of dairy farms are more in the business of selling …continue
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