Coalition of Civil Liberties, Animal, Consumer Groups Head to Court over Controversial Idaho “Ag Gag” Law
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Lawsuit to Stop Illegal California Great Bull Runs
Ongoing injuries and cruelty frequent during “extreme sporting” events
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ALDF Offers $20K Reward to Help Find Dog Poisoner
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Every Animal Matters: the 4th National Animal Cruelty Prosecution Conference
April 24, 2014The Animal Legal Defense Fund is proud to be the exclusive sponsor of the 4th National Animal Cruelty Prosecution Conference. Read More »
OSHA Enforces Against G.W. Exotic Animal Park After Animal Legal Defense Fund Complaint
April 24, 2014Federal agency fines Oklahoma animal park for violation of worker safety laws. Read More »
$5,000 Reward Offered in Mutilation of Brown Pelican in Long Beach, CA
April 23, 2014oday, the national nonprofit Animal Legal Defense fund (ALDF) along with the International Bird Rescue (IBR) are offering a total $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator (s) responsible for mutilating a pelican in Southern California. Read More »
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back—Damage Control in the Wake of State v. Newcomb
April 23, 2014The same three-judge panel of the Oregon Court of Appeals that issued a favorable ruling in Fessenden/Dicke(a 2013 case holding that the emergency aid exception to the warrant requirement applies to animals) just ruled, in State v. Newcomb, that an Oregon Humane Society (OHS) veterinarian’s blood test of a starving dog that was otherwise lawfully seized should be suppressed as a warrantless “search” under the Oregon Constitution. Read More »
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