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COVID-19 Policy Recommendations
Pandemics have not only been predicted, they are also preventable. While the country continues to fight COVID-19, we must also prepare for — with the intention to prevent — the next pandemic. The Animal Legal Defense Fund is developing a series of papers, each outlining policy strategies calibrated to reduce specific zoonotic risks. -
Declawing Cats
Declawing is a cruel surgical procedure to remove the last bone in a cat's toes. -
Captive Primate Safety Act (Federal)
The Captive Primate Safety Act prohibits private possession of nonhuman primates and the sale or transportation of nonhuman primates for the wild “pet” trade. -
Poison-Free Wildlife Act (California)
The Poison-Free Wildlife Act would place a moratorium on some of the most dangerous rodenticides — which cause widespread poisoning of wildlife — with limited exceptions. -
Helping Animal and Human Victims Alike Escape Domestic Violence (Rhode Island)
This bill updates existing Rhode Island law to help victims of abuse — both human and animal — safely flee abusive situations. -
Room to Roam Act (California)
This bill would help protect California wildlife and prioritize climate resilience by establishing a statewide policy requiring local governments to consider and implement measures to protect and improve wildlife connectivity through land-use planning. -
Rhode Island: Ban Cat Declawing!
Ask your state representatives to support and co-sponsor legislation to prohibit the surgical declawing of cats in New Jersey. Help end this cruel practice today! -
U.S. Residents: Urge your legislators to support the Captive Primate Safety Act
If passed, the Captive Primate Safety Act, (H.R. 8164/S. 4206), would prohibit the private possession of nonhuman primates and the sale or transportation of nonhuman primates for the wild “pet” trade. Ask your federal legislators to support this legislation today! -
Pennsylvania: Ban Cruel Cat Declawing!
Legislation banning the declawing of cats, H.B. 508/S.B. 1178, is making its way through the Pennsylvania legislature. Ask your lawmakers to support a statewide declaw ban today!