The Animals’ Advocate

Since 1980, the Animal Legal Defense Fund has been keeping our members and supporters posted on our groundbreaking legal work for animals via our newsletter—first dubbed the Animals’ Advocate back in 1989.

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Summer 2020 – (View in reader)

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$5,000 Reward Offered by Animal Legal Defense Fund in Case of Illegal Coyote Trapping

The Animal Legal Defense Fund, the nation’s preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals, is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for illegally trapping a coyote in Essex County, Massachusetts.

September 15, 2020 Press Release
California Slaughterhouse Illegally Uses Vast Quantities of Water to Cruelly Kill Chickens

Animal Legal Defense Fund sues Foster Farms for violating California law by using cruel, water-intensive slaughter method during megadrought

September 2, 2020 Press Release
Emergency Legal Petition Filed with USDA to End Cruel Farm ‘Depopulation’ Methods

A coalition, led by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, filed an emergency petition with the USDA to prevent COVID-19 relief funds, resources, and any other forms of support from facilitating or compensating for the costs of ventilation shutdown or water-based foam “depopulation” — the mass killing of animals on factory farms.

August 25, 2020 Press Release