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Animal Legal Defense Fund Urges California Attorney General to Sue Foie Gras Advocates for False Advertising
June 25th, 2012
Animal Legal Defense Fund Asks Attorney General Harris to Take on Local Chefs, Industry Insiders Who Claim Force-Fed Foie Gras is "Humane"
Petition to Department of Labor Asks for New Rule to Protect Workers from Animal Attacks
June 14th, 2012
Animal Legal Defense Fund Asks OSHA to Require Barriers Between Trainers and Dangerous Animals at Facilities Like SeaWorld
Animal Cruelty Lawsuit Settled: Santa Cruz Hatchery Closed, Owner Agrees Not to Work with Animals for Five Years
June 12th, 2012
Animal Legal Defense Fund and Compassion Over Killing Claim Victory in Lawsuit Against Cal-Cruz Based on Undercover Investigation Revealing Animal Cruelty
ALDF's 2012 Advancement of Animal Law Scholarships Announced
June 5th, 2012
The Animal Legal Defense Fund's Advancement of Animal Law Scholarships are awarded to second- and third-year law student members of Student Animal Legal Defense Fund chapters based upon demonstrated commitment to ALDF's mission.
Meet ALDF's 2012 Advancement of Animal Law Scholarship Recipients
June 5th, 2012
Congratulations to ALDF's 2012 Advancement of Animal Law Scholarship recipients!
ALDF, PETA Appeal Court's Dismissal of Lawsuit Seeking Lolita's Freedom
May 30th, 2012
Government excludes captive orca from Endangered Species Act protections
Owners of Stanislaus County's A&L Poultry Sued After 50,000 Egg-Laying Hens Left to Starve to Death
Animal Legal Defense Fund Represents Farmed Animal Sanctuaries Who Rescued Almost 4,500 Birds
Animal Groups Sue USDA for Allowing Sale of Foie Gras From Diseased Birds
May 9th, 2012
Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act Requires USDA to Prohibit Adulterated Livers from Entering Food Supply
Animal Protection Groups Oppose Attempt to Gut Calif. Ban on Cruel Force-Feeding of Ducks
May 1st, 2012
Animal protection law takes effect this July.
North Carolina Residents Sue USDA Over Renewing Federal License for Jambbas Ranch
April 19th, 2012
Roadside Zoo Allowed to Subject Bear and Other Animals to Inhumane Conditions Despite Repeated Violations of Welfare Laws
Missouri Rep. McCreery Offers Legislative Counter-Attack to So-Called "Ag Gag" Laws
April 18th, 2012
First-of-its-Kind Legislative Strike Against Laws that Chill Whistleblowing on Farms
ALDF Petitions Department of Transportation to Require Airlines to Report on Deaths of Animals Shipped as "Cargo"
April 12th, 2012
Current Regulations Ignore Deaths Like Recent Monkey Tragedy
ALDF Demands Investigation of Injuries, Deaths at Harvard's New England Primate Research Center
March 27th, 2012
Shocking Fatalities Among Monkeys at Lab Prompt Inquiry to Cambridge Public Health Department
ALDF Takes on Missouri Bill Proposing Animals Cannot Receive Similar Legal Protections as Humans
March 22nd, 2012
Bill Would Provide New Defenses to Animal Abusers
Settlement in Clay County Lawsuit Will Mean Dramatic Improvements in Conditions for Kentucky's Homeless Animals
March 6th, 2012
Kentucky Woman Represented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund Had Sued County for Failure to Protect Shelter Animals as Mandated by State Law
Protect Your Food from Corporate Greed
by Stephen Wells, ALDF's Executive Director
February 27th, 2012
Food safety risks, animal abuse, and illegal working conditions are rampant on factory farms, and the corporate agriculture lobby is attempting to pass so-called "ag gag" laws -- laws which would make it illegal to photograph or videotape at agricultural facilities, or to possess or distribute such evidence.
National Justice for Animals Week
February 19-25, 2012

February 19th, 2012
February 19-25 marks the Animal Legal Defense Fund's fourth annual National Justice for Animals Week, a yearly event that is dedicated to raising public awareness nationwide about how to report animal abuse, and how to work within your community to create stronger laws and assure tough enforcement.
Petition Filed to Stop Abuse of Turtles at "Snapperfest" Following Undercover Investigation of Cruelty
January 19th, 2012
Animal Groups Urge Indiana to Correct Legal Snafu that Has Allowed Abuse of Turtles at Annual Event as Appalling Footage from Indiana's Snapperfest 2011 Is Released
Santa Cruz Chicken Hatchery Sued for Unlawful Business Practices Due to Shocking Animal Abuse
January 11th, 2012
Animal Legal Defense Fund and Compassion Over Killing Seek to Stop Abuse of Newborn Chicks Following Undercover Investigation

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