Delcianna Winders
@delcianna.bsky.social
Professor and Animal Law and Policy Institute Director at Vermont Law and Graduate School
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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
Facing claims of animal abuse, a major breeder of research dogs will close its pipeline
Ridglan Farms has agreed to stop selling beagles for scientific studies, leaving just one major U.S. supplier
www.science.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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....
Wolters Kluwer
www.vitallaw.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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...
Common research monkey is endangered, conservation group confirms
Listing could affect availability for biomedical studies
www.science.org
October 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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...
#animallaw #criminaldefense #activistdefense #FirstAmendment #antiSLAPP
jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...
Details - Assistant Staff Attorney, Animal Law | University of Denver
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September 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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...
#animallaw #criminaldefense #activistdefense #FirstAmendment #antiSLAPP
jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...
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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
September 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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
“It’s the most challenging time I’ve ever seen for animal care." Facing enormous challenges, the USDA agency that oversees the animal welfare act--covering everything from lab to zoo animals--is struggling to do its job. The impact on animal welfare could be devastating. My latest for @science.org
Facing ‘impossible’ workload, USDA struggles to oversee lab animal welfare
Shrinking staff and other handicaps threaten enforcement of federal law that protects research animals
www.science.org
August 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
So ... how are folks teaching NEPA these days?
August 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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...
CDC: Bird flu virus that infected Michigan dairy farmer capable of airborne transmission
The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy worker in May 2024 is capable of airborne transmission, according to new research from the CDC.
www.freep.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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...
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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:
My latest @wired.com:
How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Terrorists
For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat.
www.wired.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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:
My latest @wired.com:
New Research: USDA Fails to Pursue Prosecutions of Slaughter Plants, Despite Repeat Violations
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New Research: USDA Fails to Pursue Prosecutions of Slaughter Plants, Despite Repeat Violations
Repeat violators of the federal Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA) continue to escape meaningful enforcement by the US Department of Agriculture, resulting in continued animal cruelty and sufferin...
awionline.org
May 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New Research: USDA Fails to Pursue Prosecutions of Slaughter Plants, Despite Repeat Violations
awionline.org/press-releas...
awionline.org/press-releas...
12,000 chicks found abandoned in postal truck raise concerns about animal shipping
www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...
12,000 chicks found abandoned in postal truck raise concerns about animal shipping
A Delaware animal shelter is working to find new homes for 8,000 surviving chicks that were left abandoned in a U.S. Postal Service truck for three days. Another 4,000 of the animals died.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
12,000 chicks found abandoned in postal truck raise concerns about animal shipping
www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...
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...
Changing Course: Meet 6 students with unusual paths to law school
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
www.abajournal.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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...
Summer at the Environmental Law Center
Our Environmental Law Center offers leading courses, clinics & faculty, preparing future leaders in advocacy, energy, climate justice & sustainability.
www.vermontlaw.edu
March 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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
@uarkansas.bsky.social student @animallegaldefense.bsky.social chapter talk tomorrow — Animal Advocacy in an Era of Federal Deregulation
March 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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
@uarkansas.bsky.social student @animallegaldefense.bsky.social chapter talk tomorrow — Animal Advocacy in an Era of Federal Deregulation
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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...
March 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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...
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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...
They said that none of their employers have provided them with information on the virus.
sentientmedia.org/immigrant-fa...
How a Group of Immigrant Farmworkers is Preparing for Avian Flu to Hit New York Dairy Farms
Amid heightened fears of immigration raids, Alianza Agricola has spent months educating hundreds of their coworkers on how to prepare for an avian flu outbreak.
sentientmedia.org
February 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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...
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...
February 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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...
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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
February 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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
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🧪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...
www.sciencenews.org/article/enda...
Will the Endangered Species Act survive Trump?
President Trump has already begun to introduce changes that weaken the Endangered Species Act, a cornerstone of U.S. conservation law.
www.sciencenews.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🧪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...
www.sciencenews.org/article/enda...
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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!
February 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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...
First U.S. bird flu death reported in Louisiana after severe case of H5N1
The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus.
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January 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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...
579 animals killed in shopping center fire
local12.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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...
New Monarch Butterfly Protection Status: Necessary Conservation or Government Overreach?
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December 29, 2024 at 5:44 PM
"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...
Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human case in US, CDC says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country last week showed mutations not seen in samples from an infected backyard flock on the patient's property.
www.reuters.com
December 27, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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...
Pet food sold in 12 states pulled from stores after Oregon cat dies from bird flu-tainted chow
Northwest Naturals of Portland is recalling a batch of its two-pound Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food after it tested positive for H5N1.
www.sacbee.com
December 27, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Pet food sold in 12 states pulled from stores after cat dies from bird flu-tainted chow www.sacbee.com/news/recalls...