The Animal Law Podcast

Mariann Sullivan

Booking Overview

This is an interview-focused legal podcast about animal law, significant court decisions, and their effects on animal protection, featuring attorneys, legal scholars, and advocacy leaders with direct involvement in relevant cases or programs. Credible pitches include animal-law litigators, environmental and endangered-species lawyers, legal academics, and leaders of animal-protection organizations; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need specialized expertise and meaningful case or advocacy experience.

Metrics

Episodes: 136

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.1k subscribers

Instagram: 6.6k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

coop@ourhenhouse.org

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Host

Mariann Sullivan - Animal law professor, longtime animal-protection activist, and pundit.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Specialized legal expertise in animal law, animal-protection litigation, environmental law, endangered-species protection, labor rights, or related advocacy, preferably with direct involvement in a significant case, program, or organization.

Required Achievements:

Leading or participating in significant animal-protection or environmental litigation, Directing specialized legal, advocacy, or professional-training programs

Recent Guest Discussions

Taj Uppal - The Investigation, Arrest, Felony Grand-theft Charges, And Legal Implications Of Rescuing Animals From Industrial Farming Operations.

Cheryl Leahy - The Animal Law Practice Association, Practical Legal Training, And Career Development For Lawyers Working In Animal Protection.

Steffen Seitz - The Legal Analysis And Implications Of The California Animal-rescue Appeal Decision.

Chris Carraway - The Legal Analysis And Implications Of The California Animal-rescue Appeal Decision.

Wayne Hsiung - The California Court Of Appeals Decision In His Criminal Case And Its Implications For The Right To Rescue Animals.

Recent Topics

Law, Animal Law, Animal Protection, Endangered Species, Farm Animal Welfare

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Animal Law Podcast

The Trump Administration Is Dismantling the Endangered Species Act

September 25, 2026

In this episode of The Animal Law Podcast, Mariann Sullivan speaks with Eric Glitzenstein, Director of Litigation at the Center for Biological Diversity, about what he calls the most extreme attack on the Endangered Species Act in its history. They break down two unprecedented actions by the Trump administration: the elimination of the long-standing regulatory definition of “harm” that protected endangered…

Rescuing Baby Goats is a Felony?: Attorney Taj Uppal on Facing Prison for Saving Two Lives

August 28, 2026

This month’s Animal Law Podcast features attorney Taj Uppal, who was arrested and charged with felony grand theft after rescuing two sick baby goats from Vera Goat Dairy, a California factory farm supplying Meyenberg Goat Milk to retailers like Whole Foods and Walmart. Uppal walks through the investigation that preceded the rescue, his arrest by Kings County Sheriff’s deputies, and the…

Building the Field: Inside the Animal Law Practice Association with Cheryl Leahy

July 31, 2026

This week, Mariann Sullivan sits down with Cheryl Leahy, director of the newly launched Animal Law Practice Association (ALPA) at the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy, to unpack how the free program is training and connecting lawyers who want to build careers protecting animals. Cheryl explains ALPA’s two core pillars — a growing library of practical, topic-specific legal…

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