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ALDF Partners with Advocates to Challenge EPA for Discarding Slaughterhouse Water Pollution Rules
10 Organizations petition federal court over EPA’s abandonment of rules to reduce pollution from meat processing industry
Appellate Court Ruling Confirms SPCA Authority to Enforce California Animal Protection Laws
Animal Legal Defense Fund utilized California Corporations Code 10404 to circumvent illegal conditions at Vallejo puppy mill
ALDF Urges Justice for Cat Victims in Elkhart County
The county’s prosecutor dismissed criminal charges against the manufacturing plant employees who killed two feral cats in a trash compactor
UW-Madison’s Censorship of Speech Criticizing Testing on Animals on Its Social Media Accounts is Unconstitutional
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a lower court’s dismissal of the case, finding the public university suppressed free speech
New Lawsuit filed Against CARB’s LCFS
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard incentivizes factory farm pollution nationwide
Pigs and Public Health Act Reintroduced in the U.S. House to Prohibit Slaughter of Downed Pigs
Bill will reduce the risk of zoonotic disease transmission and foodborne illness by establishing new standards for non-ambulatory, or “downed” pigs
Lawsuit Filed to Force USDA to Provide FOIA Documents Related to the Beef Checkoff Program
The agency has a history of approving promotional content funded by the program with false and misleading claims about beef’s environmental impacts
Rhode Island Cat Declaw Ban Becomes Law
Declawing is an invasive surgical procedure to remove the last bone in a cat’s toes
U.S. Supreme Court Declines Review of California’s Landmark Proposition 12 Animal Cruelty Law
The Animal Legal Defense Fund helps protect the strongest farmed animal protection law in the country
OCTOPUS Act Reintroduced in the U.S. Senate
The federal bill would prevent the industry from gaining traction by banning commercial octopus farming in the U.S.
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Animal Groups Refile Complaint Over Alleged Texas Slaughterhouse Cruelty
Animal law groups request accountability after a bull was shot four times with a rifleMay 11, 2026 News
