Animal Law and Policy Institute Annual Report

Professor Winders and Animal Law Media Fellow Christine Ro joined the BBC’s Tech Life: Listen In!

Helping Our Animal Friends Lab testing of animals is often used to study diseases, or assess the safety of new drugs or substances before they are trialled on humans. Could […]

Welcome Animal Law Media Fellow Christine Ro

Thanks to generous funding from the ASPCA, the Animal Law and Policy Institute welcomes Christine Ro as one of our summer media fellows. Christine worked for environmental and international development […]

Congratulations to the Animal Law and Policy Graduates

This May, Vermont Law and Graduate School celebrated another graduating class of incredible students setting out to make a difference in the world. Along with law students who earned a […]

Professor Winders Quoted in “Can You Trust a ‘Certified Humane’ Pet Food Brand?”

“Throughout the meat industry, even the most stringent slaughter standards are only held accountable on an annual basis anyway, says Delcianna Winders, associate professor of law, and director of the […]

Professor Winders Quoted in Rolling Stone’s Special Report “The Ugly Truth About Wild Animals of Instagram”

Many of the thrilling photographs of bears, wolves, and tigers on your social media feeds are taken at game farms — places critics say are the exotic-animal equivalent of puppy […]

Animal Law Society Volunteer Event at VINE Sanctuary

By: Vanessa Kranz, Animal Law Society Co-Chair ’23-’24 On April 27, 2024, members of Vermont Law & Graduate School’s Animal Law Society volunteered to help VINE, a local farm animal […]

Professor Winders Quoted in “Workplace Hazards for Meat and Poultry Workers”

Workplace Hazards for Meat and Poultry Workers Scholars explore line speed and worker safety regulations governing meatpacking and poultry plants. “The Department of Agriculture’s decision to revoke some pig slaughterhouses’ […]

Professors Pat Parenteau and Delcianna Winders Featured in the ABA’s “Creatures Great and Small 9 court rulings that shaped the Endangered Species Act”

“The bald eagle. The humpback whale. The dusky gopher frog. These animals stand among the nearly 300 creatures great and small saved from extinction thanks to a half-century of protection […]