This year has been busy for the Animal Legal Defense Fund! Join Stephen Wells, Executive Director, and Kathleen Schatzmann, Senior Legislative Affairs Manager, as they discuss current cases and projects, plus what’s planned for the rest of the year, with special focus on the Legislative Affairs Program.
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Resources
- COVID-19 Response
- White Paper: COVID-19 Policy Recommendations
- Supporting Industrial Animal Agriculture Whistleblowers
- San Francisco Fur Ban Upheld as Challenge is Dismissed
- Defending California’s Proposition 12 from NAMI
- Emergency Petition to Food & Drug Administration to Suspend Ractopamine Use
- Challenging FDA Approval of Experior
- Animal Legal Defense Fund Lawsuit Shuts Down Florida Backyard Slaughter Operations
- Pet Store Shuts Down as Lawsuit Continues Against Other Puppy Launderers
- How We Work: Legislation
- Take Action: Add Your Voice to the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Initiatives
- Legislation – State Bills
- 2019 U.S. State Animal Protection Laws Ranking
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Kathleen Schatzmann
Strategic Legislative Affairs Manager
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