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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Spring 2020 – (View in reader)

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New White Paper Identifies Root Causes of Zoonotic Disease: Animal Exploitation

The Animal Legal Defense Fund, the preeminent legal advocate for animals, released the first in a series of white papers providing policy recommendations to reduce our heightened risk from zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 and the next global pandemic, which need only a human-animal interaction to arise.

June 30, 2020 Press Release
Whistleblowers Sought as COVID-19 Ravages Industrial Animal Agriculture Industry

The Animal Legal Defense Fund has launched a series of billboards, in English and Spanish, surrounding the JBS slaughterhouse in Greeley, Colorado — offering an online tip portal where industrial animal agriculture workers can report any concerns, including worker safety, animal abuse and depopulation, and illegal disposal of animals’ bodies.

June 30, 2020 Press Release
Court Greenlights First Amendment Case Against California Department of Food and Agriculture

The Animal Legal Defense Fund announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has denied the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed on behalf of Miyoko’s Creamery (Miyoko’s).

June 26, 2020 Press Release