Early bird registration for "The Endangered Species Act: The Next 50 Years" conference is now open! Join us on November 16th at Harvard Law School for a groundbreaking conference celebrating the last 50 years of the Endangered Species Act and looking forward to the next 50 years. Register by September 30th to receive the discounted rate! This conference and convening on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) will explore the Act’s successes and challenges over the past 50 years and its future directions. This event is unique in that it will bring together scholars, policymakers, and conservationists who will collaborate to assess lessons learned and propose innovative strategies for the next 50 years, focusing on adaptive management, climate resilience, and community engagement. The conference aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue, shape future conservation efforts, and ensure the ESA continues to protect biodiversity in a changing world. We urge you to attend! https://lnkd.in/eXWhZuBi
Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School
Non-profit Organizations
Cambridge, Massachusetts 2,170 followers
Analyzing and improving the treatment of animals through the legal system.
About us
The Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School is committed to analyzing and improving the treatment of animals through the legal system.
- Website
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https://animal.law.harvard.edu
External link for Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2014
- Specialties
- Animal Law, Animal Welfare, Animal Protection, Animal Rights, Advocacy, Animal Law & Policy, Animals, Law, Litigation, Endangered Species, and Endangered Species
Locations
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Primary
1585 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, US
Employees at Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School
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Carlos Andrés Contreras Lopez
President of the Commission for the Protection of Animal Rights, Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB) - Visiting Fellow at the Brooks McCormick Jr…
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Nirva Patel
Executive Director, Harvard Animal Law & Policy Program
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Kelley McGill
Legislative Policy Fellow | Harvard Law School
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Macarena Montes Franceschini
Researcher - PhD in Law - Research Interests: Animal law, Animal personhood, Animal Rights, and the Rights of Nature
Updates
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Exciting News! 🐙 Professor Kristen Stilt, former ALPP fellows Cleo Verkuijl & Jan Dutkiewicz are among 100 authors of recently published Science letter in support of US OCTOPUS Act. We're standing strong behind the US OCTOPUS Act to ban commercial octopus aquaculture, which we believe fails to meet welfare standards, is unsustainable, and unnecessary for our food supply. Let’s push for ethical and sustainable ocean practices! Congratulations to @jenniferjacquet, Becca Franks, @pgodfreysith, Walter Sanchez-Suarez, and everyone else for making this happen. 🌊 #OCTOPUSAct #Sustainability #MarineConservation #AnimalWelfare https://lnkd.in/e-f4-_ME
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Yesterday, the Harvard Animal Law & Policy Clinic filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, on behalf of a coalition of eleven scientists who are experts on either the American Burying Beetle or climate change impacts on vulnerable species. The brief supports the Center for Biological Diversity’s lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) 2020 decision to reduce the status of the American Burying Beetle from an endangered species to a threatened species. The Service took this step despite acknowledging that the Beetle may cease to exist in a majority of its remaining habitat as soon as 2040 due to climate change impacts. Photo Credit: Egor Kamelev
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Read here: @kweintraub in @usatoday deep dive into new @AnimalLawHLS and @NYU_CEAP report on worldwide animal > human disease risks https://lnkd.in/eNMt3rYC
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The Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School, in collaboration with NYU's Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, has released a groundbreaking report titled "Animal Markets and Zoonotic Disease Risk: A Global Synthesis of a 15 Country Study." This comprehensive study covers 15 countries across six continents and highlights the global nature of zoonotic risks. Key findings include: 🐷 Zoonotic disease is a global threat, and practices in every country contribute to global risk. 🐖 Current regulations are insufficient, with many high-risk human-animal interactions left underregulated or entirely unregulated. 🐏 Many zoonotic outbreaks are preventable through better regulation and monitoring of animal markets and their supply chains. 🦇 Policy recommendations include enhanced regulation, improved public health protections, and sustainable agricultural practices to minimize habitat destruction. For more information and to access the full report, click through and read. Together, we can protect public health and prevent future pandemics. #ZoonoticRisks #PublicHealth #PandemicPrevention #AnimalLaw #GlobalHealth #SustainableAgriculture
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The Harvard Animal Law & Policy Clinic is inviting applicants for a full-time Clinical Instructor position starting immediately. The position is sponsored by Open Philanthropy, and more information can be found on our website under "Open Positions."
Open Positions
https://animal.law.harvard.edu
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On behalf of a coalition of Massachusetts residents, the Animal Law & Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School petitioned the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources to immediately suspend the registrations of anticoagulant rodenticide products that are killing eagles, owls, and other wild animals throughout the Commonwealth. Coverage from Hadley Barndollar of MassLive Media Group.
Here’s why some want Mass. to end use of the most potent rat poisons
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The Animal Law & Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School has submitted public comments to the National Park Service, which support the agency’s proposal to remove a fence that has prevented Tule elk in Tomales Point from migrating to access adequate food and water during periods of drought. The comments also call upon the agency to develop a comprehensive, park-wide elk management plan, provide interim supplemental water for the elk for two seasons following removal of the fence and, in the long-term, entirely phase out cattle ranching in Point Reyes National Seashore. The Park Service is expected to publish a final decision regarding removal of the fence in August of this year.
Animal Law & Policy Clinic Submits Public Comments Supporting Park Service’s Plan to Take Down Tule Elk Fence
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Today @HarvardLawSchool's Animal Law & Policy Clinic submitted petitions urging two Massachusetts agencies to take action to protect owls, eagles, and other #wildlife from #rodenticide poisoning. Kudos to Clinic students Lexi Neilan (’25), Allyson Gambardella (’24), Lla Anderson (’25) and Kira Horowitz (’24) for their work! https://lnkd.in/eVYxukvR Photo: Erin Hutchings, Cape Ann Wildlife
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Today, the Animal Law & Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School sent a letter to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to safeguard wildlife by prohibiting the use of leghold and body-gripping traps. These barbaric devices, generally set underwater in the state, are designed to slam shut on an animal’s foot or body, causing an agonizing death by drowning. If the animal doesn’t drown or the leghold trap is set on land, victims endure prolonged panic and may chew or rip off their own limbs to escape. The letter also highlights a variety of safe, humane alternatives to trapping that promote coexistence with wildlife. Nine states—including Connecticut’s neighbors Massachusetts and Rhode Island—have banned or significantly limited the use of leghold traps.