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New Jersey Enacts Law to Protect Animal Cruelty Victims and Other At-Risk Animals
The Animal Legal Defense Fund celebrates New Jersey authorizing animal care agencies to seek payment of court-approved care expenses from those whose animals were seized from their possession due to alleged cruelty.
New Jersey Gestation and Veal Crate Ban Signed into Law
After a 13-year campaign, New Jersey becomes the latest state to ban the extreme confinement of mother pigs and calves used for veal.
Ban on Wildlife Killing Contests Passed by New York Legislature
Animal Legal Defense Fund supported legislation heads to Gov. Hochul’s desk
Animal Legal Defense Fund Announces Attorney + Advocate Chris Green as New Executive Director
Green, currently Executive Director of the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard University, will assume the role in September after a nationwide search; animal protection leaders praise selection.
Gestation and Veal Crate Ban Overwhelmingly Passes New Jersey Legislature
Bill awaits Gov. Murphy’s signature after 13-year campaign to prohibit the extreme confinement of gestating pigs and calves raised for veal
Court Allows Lawsuit Against Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary to Proceed
First ruling pertaining to recently enacted Big Cat Public Safety Act
Washington Supreme Court Urged to Consider the True Value of Humans’ Relationship with Companion Animals
Animal Legal Defense Fund’s amicus brief urges the court to review a case regarding the negligent death of a dog and the resulting emotional damages
Mink VIRUS Act Introduced in the U.S. House to End Cruel and Dangerous Mink Farming
Bill will reduce the risk of zoonotic disease transmission by phasing out mink farming and help operators transition out of the industry
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of California Foie Gras Ban After Prop 12 Victory
Third denial to review first state-wide ban, starting in 2014
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds California’s Landmark Proposition 12 Animal Cruelty Law
The Animal Legal Defense Fund has helped defend California’s right to enact the strongest farmed animal protection law in the country
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Lawsuit Against Tillamook for Deceptive Advertising Allowed to Proceed
The Animal Legal Defense Fund will continue to challenge the dairy company for misrepresenting the source of its milk to consumersApril 4, 2025 Press Release -
CDC Urged to Release Bird Flu Data Critical to Combatting Outbreak
The Animal Legal Defense Fund seeks updated information from CDC as avian influenza has continued across the U.S.March 28, 2025 News -
Grupos de protección animal solicitan a un tribunal de Minnesota que emita una orden de registro para investigar a Jennie-O por el uso de VSD+
Los registros revelan que la compañía mató a miles de pavos usando "Ventilation Shutdown Plus" (apagado de ventilación plus), lo que causa un golpe de calorMarch 20, 2025 Press Release
