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34 Horses in Limbo: Pre-Trial Forfeiture
On an early August morning, 34 horses seized from a scene of severe neglect began their 107th day in state custody. Horse rescue volunteers had nursed the horses back to health, and ready to be adopted. But the horses needed one more thing...November 8, 2019 News -
Massachusetts: Close the Puppy Mill to Pet Shop Pipeline
Ask your legislators to shut down the puppy mill to pet shop pipeline by prohibiting the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in stores.November 5, 2019 Action Alert -
Protecting Animals Using the Freedom of Information Act
The Animal Legal Defense Fund routinely uses FOIA to request documents from government agencies including the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service. -
How Animals Differ from Other Types of “Property” Under the Law
Our legal system still considers animals to be “property,” in many ways not much different from a table or a chair. But, there are some ways that the law does recognize animals as the living, feeling beings that they are. -
New York City Council Bans Sale of Foie Gras in Historic Vote
The Animal Legal Defense Fund applauds Speaker Corey Johnson and the NYC Council for voting to end the sale of foie gras. Intro 1378, sponsored by Council Member Carlina Rivera, now moves to Mayor de Blasio, who is expected to sign the bill into law.October 30, 2019 News -
United States: Urge Congress to Protect Endangered Animals!
The PAW and FIN ACT would reverse these disastrous rollbacks. Please ask your federal senators and representative to co-sponsor the PAW and FIN Act (H.R. 4348/S.2491) and restore the ESA today.October 23, 2019 Action Alert -
Preventing Convicted Wildlife Poachers from Hunting in Massachusetts (Massachusetts)
An Act Further Regulating the Enforcement of Illegal Hunting Practices (H.4131) -
Lawsuit to Protect the Endangered Species Act
In October 2019, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit to force the federal government to leave the Endangered Species Act (ESA)’s legal protections intact. This lawsuit relates to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service…
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Animal Legal Defense Fund Files Lawsuit to Protect the Endangered Species Act
Lawsuit alleges the government has unlawfully weakened protections for threatened and endangered speciesOctober 22, 2019 Press Release -
California: Urge Governor Newsom to Protect Wildlife from Super-Toxic Rat Poisons
Sign your name to an open letter to Governor Newsom urging him to immediately place a statewide moratorium on the use of the most toxic class of rat poisons.October 21, 2019 Action Alert
