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Harvard Law School today announced the launch of the new Animal Law & Policy Clinic. The Animal Law & Policy Clinic will provide students with direct hands-on experience in litigation, legislation, administrative practice, and policymaking, both in the U.S. and internationally.

Animal Law Podcast Host: Mariann Sullivan talks to Kristen Stilt about halal slaughter and the animal welfare debates within that industry. They discuss the meaning of halal, the differences between halal rules and kosher rules, the moral complications involved in the slaughter of animals for food as it relates to religious law, and the work she has done to uncover and promote advocacy around these issues. She also updates us on what’s going on at Harvard’s Animal Law and Policy Program.

As part of our annual "Clear the Shelters" event, we're taking a look at how animals are being taken care of all across our area, and NBC 5's Anayeli Ruiz has more on an innovative strategy being used in DuPage County. 

DuPage County now has a mobile vet van which travels to homes to treat, spay and neuter animals. 

Thanks to a $300,000 grant from Brooks McCormick Jr. Trust, DuPage County Animal Services has a brand new, custom-built, 26-foot veterinary van.

DuPage County's Animal Control Department can now provide state-of-the-art care to sick animals thanks to its newly revealed special veterinary vehicle. The new vehicle will include a surgical suite, an X–ray machine, a grooming facility, and more.

DuPage County Animal Services and DuPage Animal Friends today unveiled a new, state-of-the-art, 26-foot, specialty veterinary vehicle for DuPage County Animal Services (DCAS).

DuPage County officials are thrilled that their animal care and control department soon will make use of a new mobile spay and neutering van.