Honoring Pro Bono Legal Professionals for Animals

Members of ALDF's Pro Bono Network were honored at the 2024 Animal Law Conference.

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National Park Service Starts Removing Fence Blocking Tule Elk Access to Food and Water in Point Reyes

The National Park Service was sued in 2021 to revise its plan by ALDF and other plaintiffs represented by Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic
December 4, 2024 Wildlife

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Animal cruelty does not occur in a vacuum, and the failure to fully examine its origins would likely lead to future criminal acts and the continued cycle of abuse and violence.”

Hon. H. Lee Chitwood, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, Pulaski, VA

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