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June 24, 2025 A coalition of over 35 Jain organizations including JAINA, YJA and Jain Centers across the United States — led by Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic and Religious Freedom Clinic—has submitted a petition for rulemaking to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food & Nutrition Service. The petition advocates for […]

The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) has agreed to undertake a scientific review of anticoagulant rodenticide products in response to a petition submitted by Harvard’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic on behalf of a coalition of Massachusetts residents. The Petition called on MDAR’s Pesticide Subcommittee to immediately suspend anticoagulant rodenticide product registration and undertake

Harvard’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic takes a seat at the table as Boston balances rodent control with the urgent need to protect wildlife from poisoning