The United States and the small African nation of Gabon are the only two countries in the world that continue to use chimpanzees as test subjects in behavioral and biomedical research.

For the first time in 15 years, wild rhesus monkeys of North Central Florida’s Silver River area may not be trapped. ALDF supports nonlethal alternatives to the trapping and removal of monkeys, such as sterilization and return to the environment.

Animal Protection Groups Concerned About Future

Gorillas, orangutans, and chimpanzees are our closest nonhuman primate cousins, and they are endangered. Please sign the Model Ordinance for Great Apes petition today!

Each year ALDF's Advancement of Animal Law Scholarships are awarded to members of Student Animal Legal Defense Fund chapters based upon a commitment to advancing ALDF’s mission.

Chimp Sanctuary, NW
Cle Elum, Washington

Life is a terrible, depressing existence for chimpanzees caught in the web of medical research and testing.

The Nonhuman Rights Project is the only organization working toward actual Legal rights for members of species other than our own.

Shocking Fatalities Among Monkeys at Lab Prompt Inquiry to Cambridge Public Health Department

Great news from Puerto Rico! The Puerto Rico Supreme Court has sounded the death knell for the Bioculture monkey breeding facility in Guayama after several years of litigation and public protest by local citizens and animal rights activists.

Call Congress today!

186 chimpanzees who were supposedly retired from use in research will be called back into service as research subjects in 2011.

Were you ever that passionate? Were you ever that hopeful?

European Union passes "Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes" law, providing for better lab animal welfare

Last year, Americans spent roughly $18 billion dollars on coffee—and virtually nothing to protect animals from some of the worst abuses imaginable. Is this who we are?

China Considers First Comprehensive Animal Protection Law

Faster than you can say "stop building," Puerto Rico's Appeals Court decided in late-January to let construction continue on a primate breeding facility in Guayama while it considers an appeal filed two days earlier by the builder Bioculture Ltd.

Change.org has launched their Ideas for Change in America 2010‏ competition, and your vote is needed to win better rights for animals!

Bob Barker may best be known as the beloved host of the longest running TV game show in history. But "The Price is Right" host is also a long-time advocate for animals and is the keynote speaker at Animal Legal Defense Fund's "Future of Animal Law" conference on April 9-11 at Harvard Law School.

An amicus curiae brief permits a non-party to offer its view of a case, typically premised on either its interest in the outcome or its expertise in the field. The Animal Legal Defense Fund submits amicus briefs in a wide variety of cases, working to advance the interests of animals by urging courts to recognize their own interests and their special value to humans.

A rare opportunity to save animals from intense suffering.

A primate research center seeks millions in stimulus money to expand its facility.

When ALDF discovered a chimpanzee named Barney in a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-licensed roadside zoo, he was languishing in solitary confinement on the cement floor of a cage. Deprived of companionship and veterinary care, he suffered from severe psychological and physical distress until he escaped from his cage and was shot and killed by a zoo employee.

Join us as we celebrate our 30th anniversary!

In the media frenzy surrounding all things Michael Jackson over the past two weeks, it comes as no surprise that, after endless interviews with Quincy Jones, Lisa Marie Presley, Brooke Shields, Elizabeth Taylor, and pretty much anyone who might have some insight into the man behind the icon, we'd also be hearing from one of the King of Pop's closest associates - Bubbles, the chimpanzee.

Join the Animal Legal Defense Fund and an international coalition of attorneys, scientists, and animal advocates in opposing the proposed construction of a massive facility in Puerto Rico for the purpose of breeding primates for use in painful and traumatic laboratory experiments.

In 2007, the U.S. National Research Council released a report entitled "Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and A Strategy". This Report proposes a new paradigm for toxicity testing, one that moves away from using live animals and replaces them with alternatives, such as cell cultures, tissues cultures, computer models and other methods.

I had the time of my life for a weekend in February - cooking and cleaning for seven wonderful chimpanzees (Jamie, Burrito, Annie, Missy, Negra, Jody and Foxie) at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest (CSNW) and spending precious time watching them.

Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest (CSNW) is the paradise that I have had the honor and privilege of taking part in, from a series of angles and relationships. You are invited to read about my first trip to visit the Cle Elum Seven, the chimpanzees who have made the incredible journey from as many as thirty years of torture in a small dark barren cage (no blankets, no toys, nothing to interest them at all) to the gift of Sanctuary, in every sense of the word. Finally and forever, they are safe.

Tragic results for everyone when wild animals are kept as "pets"

The tragic death of Travis, a Connecticut family’s “pet” chimpanzee, earlier this week, has been making international headlines. Sadly, the unfortunate result of keeping a chimpanzee as a pet comes as no surprise to us at the Animal Legal Defense Fund, where we have worked to protect the interests of Great Apes for decades.

Rescued Chimps Enjoying Life at New Sanctuary

Animal Legal Defense Fund's Federal Suit against Sid "Ranger Rick" Yost Ends in Settlement Mandating Retirement of His Allegedly Abused Chimpanzees

Move Follows Storm of Opposition From Animal Protection Groups