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Ending Killing Contests in Massachusetts
Killing contests are a bloodsport — they make a “game” of inflicting suffering and death on wild animals. Contestants typically compete for cash or prizes for killing the largest, smallest, or greatest number of animals. These…
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Animal Advocates Urge Puerto Rico Officials to Take Action on Troubled Zoo
Animal Legal Defense Fund letter asks Puerto Rico governor to investigate illegal treatment of endangered species and other animals at Dr. Juan A. Rivero National Zoological ParkDecember 16, 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 -
The Pro Bono Legal Team Who Took on the Pet Leasing Industry
Prominent law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, collaborated with the Animal Legal Defense Fund to investigate and call for enforcement against the deceptive pet leasing industry.September 24, 2019 Pro Bono Spotlight -
Federal Rule Allowing Cruel High-Speed Pig Slaughter Violates Federal Law
The USDA violated federal law in finalizing this rule, acting contrary to the mountain of evidence before it demonstrating the rule’s dangers, and flouting humane slaughter and meat inspection laws.September 17, 2019 News -
Innovation in Food Production: Cultivated Meat
Innovators in the United States and around the world will soon bring to market new and transformative products that have the ability to reshape animal agriculture as we know it. -
The Edge of Extinction: Hundreds of Vulnerable Animal Species in Danger under Endangered Species Act Rollbacks
The government announced distressing changes to the Endangered Species Act – weakening one of our nation’s most important animal protection laws. The ESA has prevented the extinction of numerous including the northern gray wolf and the Florida manatee.August 21, 2019 News -
Urging Humboldt County, CA to Terminate Contract with Wildlife-Killing Federal Agency
The Animal Legal Defense Fund sent a letter to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors and Humboldt County Agriculture Commissioner, urging them to terminate their contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services (“Wildlife Services”).…
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Federal Trade Commission Urged to Investigate Pet Leasing Industry
The Animal Legal Defense Fund and the Humane Society of the United States sent a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging it to investigate the pet leasing industry for deceiving consumers. The complaint asked…
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Ending Research on Captive Chimpanzees
After decades of scrutiny and pressure from animal rights groups, the general public and, increasingly, the international community, in 2010 the National Institute of Health (NIH) requisitioned a study from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to…
