Learn More About Our Work
Thank you for your interest in the Animal Legal Defense Fund!
Our mission is to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. ALDF accomplishes this mission by filing high-impact lawsuits to protect animals from harm, providing free legal assistance and training to prosecutors to assure that animal abusers are held accountable for their crimes, supporting tough animal protection legislation and fighting legislation harmful to animals, and providing resources and opportunities to law students and professionals to advance the emerging field of animal law.
Learn more about our work in the brochures below!
General ALDF Brochure
Learn more about how the Animal Legal Defense Fund is protecting the lives and advancing the interests of animals through the legal system.
Captive Animals and The Law Brochure
Learn more about captive animals — and what the Animal Legal Defense Fund is doing to protect them.
Farmed Animals and The Law Brochure
The Animal Legal Defense Fund is fighting for stronger legal protections for farmed animals, and better enforcement of those laws.
Factory Farm and Ag-Gag Brochure
The Animal Legal Defense Fund is fighting for justice for farmed animals by developing creative legal strategies to take factory farms to court, working with lawmakers to write and pass stronger laws to protect farmed animals, and striking down unconstitutional Ag-Gag laws.
Animals Used in Research Brochure
Learn more about animals used in research – and what the Animal Legal Defense Fund is doing to protect them.
Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Brochure
The Animal Legal Defense Fund provides free legal assistance, trainings, and grants to law enforcement professionals handling animal cruelty cases nationwide.
Criminal Justice General Brochure
The Animal Legal Defense Fund provides free legal assistance to prosecutors, law enforcement, and veterinarians handling animal cruelty cases. We also work with state legislators to strengthen criminal animal protection laws.
Collaborative Response Project Brochure
This 12-month project is designed to bring together the key players in animal cruelty investigations and equip them with the tools, training and support they need to succeed.
Partners in Protection Brochure
Take your commitment to animal protection to the next level by joining more than 4,000 others as one of our Partners in Protection by starting a monthly gift today!
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