Oregon
Updates about legal issues facing animals in the state
The Animal Legal Defense Fund works at the federal, state, territory, and local levels to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals.
Animal Protection Laws Ranking
Each year, the Animal Legal Defense Fund publishes its U.S. Animal Protection Laws Ranking Report. Each state is ranked based on 20 different categories of animal protection.
Oregon
Overall Rank: #1 (Top Tier)
Animal Protection Laws of Oregon
The Animal Protection Laws of Oregon compendium contains the general animal protection and related statutes for Oregon with an effective date on or before September 1, 2025.
Legislative Session
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Active Cases
Challenging Tillamook’s Deceptive Advertising
Barnes v. Tillamook
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against the Tillamook County Creamery Association for its misrepresentations about the source of its milk and the conditions in which the company's cows live.
Take Action
Take action now to help animals in your state.
Oregon: Oppose Permit for New Factory Farm!
One quick action to stop a cruel, environmentally hazardous new dairy factory farm proposed for eastern Oregon.
Oregon: Urge Governor Kotek and State Officials to Close OHSU’s Oregon National Primate Research Center!
Urge Governor Kotek, the Oregon Health Authority, and your state legislators to ensure that the merger between OHSU and Legacy Health moves forward only on the condition of closing this cruel primate experimentation facility.
Oregon: Protect Cougars in Oregon from Cruel Hunting Using Dogs!
Contact your state senator and urge them to vote no on a bill that would bring back cruel hound hunting of cougars in Oregon.
Stop Ag-Gag Laws
Undercover investigations and whistleblowers have exposed some of the worst aspects of factory farming, but Ag-Gag laws punish people who speak out about cruelty in animal agriculture. Voice your opposition.
No More Puppy Mills
Puppy mill operators maximize their profits by producing large numbers of puppies as quickly as possible. As a result, unsanitary conditions, disease, and neglect are rampant. Sign our pledge to boycott puppy mills. Together we can end cruel puppy mills.
Passing Local Legislation: Retail Pet Sale Ban
In this free webinar, we walk you through the basics of how to pass a retail pet sale bans in your community — a powerful way to fight back against puppy mills.
Passing Local Legislation: Prohibiting Animals in Circuses and Traveling Shows
This webinar will focus on passing a local prohibition on animals used in circuses and other traveling shows.
Recent Victories
A Bill to Strengthen Cruelty Laws (Oregon)
A bill to strengthen cruelty laws (H.B. 4043)
This bill will both strengthen current cruelty laws and make it a crime to interfere with investigations into animal abuse and neglect.
An Act Relating to Animal Cruelty and Declaring an Emergency (Oregon)
S.B. 696
Bill would allocate state budget funds for a special prosecutor focused on animal cruelty cases, based in the state attorney general’s office with jurisdiction throughout Oregon.
An Act Relating to Testing Cosmetics on Animals (Oregon)
H.B. 3213
This bill would prohibit manufacturers from selling or offering to sell cosmetics developed through use of animal testing in Oregon.
Banning Coyote Killing Contests (Oregon)
Prohibits persons from conducting or participating in events that have the goal of taking coyotes for cash or prizes
Killing contests refer to events or tournaments where participants compete to kill as many animals as possible during a specified time period. Cash and prizes are awarded to those who kill the most animals or the largest or smallest animal.
Animal Legal Defense Fund 2025 Animal Protection Laws Ranking Report
See the best and worst states for animal protection laws