Breaking news: To avoid criminal prosecution for allegations of animal abuse, the second-largest breeder of research dogs in the United States will stop providing animals to research labs around the country, according to a settlement. https://scim.ag/4hT8dCV

More meat processors agree to settle multi-defendant antitrust class alleging a conspiracy to fix and depress worker wages www.vitallaw.com/news/class-a....

Common research monkey is endangered, conservation group confirms www.science.org/content/arti...

The @aaldp-du.bsky.social is looking for an Assistant Staff Attorney, Animal Law #animallaw #criminaldefense #activistdefense #FirstAmendment #antiSLAPP jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...

A Veterinary Board has voted UNANIMOUSLY to suspend the license of a veterinarian at notorious beagle experimentation breeder Ridglan Farms. Full press release here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #animalrights #animalwelfare #animalcruelty #vegan #righttorescue #openrescue #dogs

An excellent piece from @david-grimm.bsky.social. A couple points of clarification --

So ... how are folks teaching NEPA these days?

Ahem -- New CDC research suggests the H5N1 avian influenza virus that infected a Michigan dairy farmworker **can be transmitted through the air.** www.freep.com/story/news/h...

Confidential records obtained by WIRED & @propertyofthepeople.org show the ag industry deploying moles to infiltrate activist meetings, while functionally serving as FBI informants, in a shadow campaign to brand the animal rights movement America's biggest bioterrorism threat. My latest @wired.com:

New Research: USDA Fails to Pursue Prosecutions of Slaughter Plants, Despite Repeat Violations awionline.org/press-releas...

12,000 chicks found abandoned in postal truck raise concerns about animal shipping www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...

Vermont Law & Graduate School alum Amanda Reyes (JD’24) is featured in a new ABA Journal article Changing Course, abt nontraditional paths to law school. Inspired by @peta.org’s Brittany Peet, Amanda joined us from Save the Chimps, where she was a care technician. www.abajournal.com/magazine/art...

Attention journalists -- applications for Vermont Law and Graduate School's Animal Law and Environmental Media Fellowships are due in three days (March 16)! Deets and link to app here: www.vermontlaw.edu/academics/ce...

I’m en route to Arkansas for the first time, to give this year’s @uarkansas.bsky.social student @animallegaldefense.bsky.social chapter talk tomorrow — Animal Advocacy in an Era of Federal Deregulation

A new study by @amandaelyse.bsky.social , Alka Chandna, & Evelyn Wagaman in the Louisville Law Journal of Animal and Environmental Law revealed that institutions using animals in experiments repeatedly fail to meet even the minimal #AnimalWelfare standards. 🧵 drive.google.com/file/d/1nrqp...

I profiled the vital work of Alianza Agricola, a group of dairy farmworkers in New York, as they prepare for the rising possibility of avian flu hitting their workplaces. They said that none of their employers have provided them with information on the virus. sentientmedia.org/immigrant-fa...

Breaking — New USDA Office of Inspector General report yet again condemns the agency’s implementation of the Animal Welfare Act usdaoig.oversight.gov/sites/defaul...

In January, the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously ruled five elephants lacked legal standing to sue to leave their captivity at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo because they are not people. Delcianna J. Winders from the Vermont Animal Law and Policy Institute explains why. kimstallwood.substack.com

🧪Things almost lined up so that I had two Trump administration stories in one day, but instead you get two over two days (to spread out the shock?). For @scinews.bsky.social, a look at how the ESA might fare in the coming years. www.sciencenews.org/article/enda...

200 law professors from across the country have signed on to a Statement of Urgency about the peril of the constitutional crisis that is now upon us. Complete list of signers below. Please read and repost!! Thank you!

First U.S. bird flu death reported in Louisiana after severe case of H5N1 www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-fl...

579 animals at exotic pet store killed in shopping center fire local12.com/amp/news/nat...

"All of the evidence we have shows that when monarchs are reared in a captive environment, either indoors or outdoors, they’re not as good at migrating," said Andy Davis, an assistant research scientist in UGA’s Odum School of Ecology, who authored the study. pjmedia.com/sarah-anders...

Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human case in US, CDC says www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Pet food sold in 12 states pulled from stores after cat dies from bird flu-tainted chow www.sacbee.com/news/recalls...

H5N1 sickens Iowa poultry worker, virus strikes more cats, wild birds, and poultry www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

“It’s hard to overstate the extent to which Trump’s judicial appointments will impact animal law, and the many judicial appointments that are to come," says @delcianna.bsky.social. Read the full conversation:

Lab from which monkeys escaped accused of widespread abuse www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Take two seconds to vote to support animal law in the American Bar Association's "Which ABA Journal magazine cover from 2024 was your favorite?" poll. The April-May cover features animal law ("All Creatures Great and Small"). www.abajournal.com/news/article...

Animal advocates will need to pivot hard in many ways to keep up their legal advocacy efforts in the face of the incoming Trump Administration. I spoke with animal law expert @delcianna.bsky.social.

Bird flu: California declares state of emergency as first 'severe' human case detected www.the-express.com/news/health/...

As Congress acts to officially make the bald eagle our national bird, let's not overlook the ravaging impact bird flu is having -- "since the arrival of H5N1, scientists have seen spikes in bald eagle deaths and sharp declines in the birds’ reproductive success" -- www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/s...

As President-elect Trump prepares to re-enter the White House in January, he and his team have announced nominations for a wide swath of allies. What will these changes mean for animal advocates? @gracehussain.bsky.social spoke with @delcianna.bsky.social to get her thoughts: buff.ly/3VFuLNm

New lawsuit aims to revoke animal welfare license of Chimp Crazy’s Tonia Haddix fox2now.com/news/chimp-c...

Court rejects breeders’ challenge of Maryland law banning pet-store sales of dogs, cats marylandmatters.org/2024/12/13/c...

"The guardrails are gone. Scientists are shaking in their boots." The biomedical community is bracing for the worst, as groups opposed to animal research see fertile ground in the upcoming administration. My latest for @science.org

For Wild Animals, the Bird Flu Disaster Is Already Here www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/s...

Cheetah, mountain lion and kookaburra die in H5N1 outbreak at Arizona roadside zoo #H5N1 #HPAI www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

I’m on @vermontpublic.bsky.social today chatting about Vermont Law School’s Animal Law and Policy Institute and our amazing Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy Animal Law LLM fellows. www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/b...

I wrote about what the fuck is the Trump administration's problem with dogs. www.thedailybeast.com/what-the-f-i...

NYT: U.S. Zoos Gave a Fortune to Protect Pandas. That’s Not How China Spent It. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/w...

My school is advertising 6+ fully funded PhD studentships to start in October 2025, open to UK or international applicants. I'd be very happy to support applicants working in my areas of interest, including animal ethics/animals in political philosophy. #philsky #polisky

Few animal welfare laws lead to misery in factory farms www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-11-27/a...

After everything they go through, a large proportion of factory farmed Thanksgiving turkeys are thrown away as food waste. I can only describe this as a kind of desecration — of our planet’s abundance, of our humanity, of life itself www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Where have all the plants gone?

Repost to fix broken link: The meat industry is lobbing “radical activist” accusations at animal rights groups + farmer-led orgs. It's also working with the FBI to charge activists under Weapons of Mass Destruction legislation. What gives? My latest for Ambrook Research ambrook.com/research/per...

What Trump’s Re-election Could Mean for Animals www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/s...

Mass Mortality at Punta Delgada: H5N1 Decimates Argentina’s Elephant Seal Population scitechdaily.com/mass-mortali...