ALDF files suit against BP to prevent the burning alive of endangered sea turtles.

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Current Regulations Ignore Deaths, Injuries to Animals Shipped by Puppy Mill Operators
On the heels of the deaths of seven puppies transported in the cargo hold on an American Airlines flight from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Chicago earlier this month, the Animal Legal Defense Fund has filed a petition with the Department of Transportation urging them to oblige air carriers to report on the deaths of any animals in transit, and to identify the shippers and consignees involved in their "shipment."

ALDF Urges City to Reduce Pet Overpopulation and Protect Consumers and Animals from Cruel Puppy Mills by Banning Retail Pet Sales

Animal Legal Defense Fund Announces Temporary Reprieve for Wildlife Being Illegally Killed in Gulf Clean-Up Efforts

Immediate Protection Sought for Wildlife Being Illegally Killed in Gulf Clean-Up Efforts

Plaintiffs Protest Cruelty at the Zoo and the Use of City Funds to Support Facilities, Practices that Violate Animal Protection Laws

New report calls out Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Quebec.

A new study released by the Animal Legal Defense Fund underscores the often-considerable differences that exist between the animal protection laws of the provinces and territories.

Three students received ALDF's Advancement of Animal Law Scholarships this year for their outstanding work in the growing field of animal law: Katie Barnett, Vince Field, and Christina Fojas.

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Movie explores Hurricane Katrina's impact on animals and their guardians

The United States Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of United States v. Stevens, a constitutional challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 48 ("Section 48"), the federal law that criminalized the sale of depictions of animal cruelty. The Court held that the law violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment and is therefore unenforceable.

Beloved "Price Is Right" Host Joins the Animal Legal Defense Fund for Nation's Premier Gathering of Legal Luminaries Whose Careers Have Gone to the Dogs

Sign on to demand that your state require animal abusers to register in their communities.

Please visit ExposeAnimalAbusers.org and urge your state lawmakers to propose legislation for an animal abuser registry in your state.

Celebrating some of our nation's most important animal advocates.

City urged to protect consumers and animals from cruel puppy mills with first of its kind ban.

On April 2, 2010, Glynn Johnson, a former L.A. County assistant fire chief, was sentenced to 90 days in jail for beating Karley, a mixed breed shepherd puppy, so viciously that she had to be euthanized.