Protect Dogs This Winter

It’s a heartbreaking reality. Every year, there are countless cases of animals being found chained up outside in freezing temperatures, no food or water or warm shelter in sight. Many of them being found only after it was too late — they’d already froze to death.

Oscar was left outside in 20-degree freezing temperatures in Baltimore, Maryland. The necropsy, paid for by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, proved in court that Oscar died of hypothermia and his death was preventable.

Oscar’s abuser was sentences to six months of supervised probation, a $500 fine, and a $2,260 payment for forensic veterinary services. He is also barred from possessing animals for three years — a key victory.

Every year, the Animal Legal Defense Fund is contacted about severe neglect cases just like these. It’s imperative that we have the necessary resources and funds in place to answer these calls for help.

 

Protect Animals This Winter

Help animals win the legal protections they so desperately need and deserve, and ensure they have an advocate in courtrooms and legislatures across the country.

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Today, our groundbreaking efforts to push the U.S. legal system to end the suffering of abused animals are supported by thousands of dedicated attorneys and more than 200,000 members and supporters. Every day, we work to protect animals by:

  • Filing groundbreaking lawsuits to stop animal abuse and expand the boundaries of animal law.
  • Providing free legal assistance to prosecutors handling cruelty cases.
  • Working to strengthen state anti-cruelty statutes.
  • Encouraging the federal government to enforce existing animal protection laws.

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Since 1979, the Animal Legal Defense Fund has led the charge to win animals the legal protection they so desperately need—and deserve. Your generous gift will assure that we can continue to take on cases that advance the interests of animals.

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