ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kristen Stilt

Prof. Dr. Kristen Stilt is a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Faculty Director of the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard.

POSTS BY Kristen Stilt

03 October 2025

Kristen Stilt

Avian Flu Shows the Need for Transformative Meat Governance

Serious zoonotic risks are inherent in intensive animal production and also in non-intensive animal production. Production scale does not make one type more or less dangerous or immune. Zoonotic disease risk is one compelling justification, among many other reasons discussed in the other contributions to this debate, for transformative meat governance. The issues are urgent, and the time is now. We cannot wait for the next major crisis, the next pandemic, or the next headline news of another animal cruelty exposé in the animal agriculture industry. Continue reading >>