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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. -
Restricting Public Contact with Wild Animals (Pennsylvania)
This bill would restrict the public from feeding or having direct physical contact with wildlife without a separating barrier. -
A Bill to Ban the Sale of Fur Products (Hawaii)
This bill would ban the sale of new fur products in Hawaii, reducing the demand driving the fur industry. -
A Bill to Strengthen Cruelty Laws (Oregon)
This bill will both strengthen current cruelty laws and make it a crime to interfere with investigations into animal abuse and neglect. -
Humane Pet Store Bill (New Jersey)
This bill would prohibit the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in New Jersey pet shops. -
Online Companion Animal Sales Restrictions (California)
This bill invalidates a contract for the purchase of a dog or cat if the contract requires a nonrefundable deposit and does not identify the original source of the animal, including the name of the breeder. -
Animals in Entertainment
Travel, confinement, and being forced to perform tricks deprive wild animals of anything that might satisfy their complex physical, behavioral, and emotional needs. Their lives constitute abuse as entertainment.