Welcome to Rising Anxieties.

I'm Marianne Sullivan.

This is where we talk about worry.

What's worrying you, what's worrying me.

But most of all, we try to focus on what's worrying the animal abuse industries

and how to fare it out from some of the things they're saying

some of the things they're actually worried about, which they're pretending to not be worried

about, or at least that's the way to look at it because there's so much to worry about right now.

I, you know, I can find things to worry about in almost any situation, but right now it's really

not a lift.

All right. This is very disturbing news, and I don't know what's going on here. This is from the Harvard Crimson,

HLS, that's Harvard Law School, to close Animal Law Clinic after 2026-27 school year, setting low interest despite full enrollment.

I mean, just think about the headline. Straight in the headline. That's basically the story.

All right. So they're saying, you know, this is, this hasn't, it's not a success. It's going to close.

That students aren't interested

and yet there is a fully enrolled uh student list with a wait list for next year and so the

spokesperson for harvard law school this guy scott young said no other clinics will be impacted

well you know who cares like so what's going on?

Since its creation in 2019, student enrollment in the animal law clinic has never reached levels necessary to support its continuation.

Well, it's funded and students want to take it.

So, like, what are we talking about here?

It points out that the clinic, which

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