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Add your voice to the Animal Legal Defense Fund's initiatives to improve the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund works at the federal, state and local levels to advance important legislation. We advocate for laws that promote or protect the lives and interests of animals, and we oppose legislation that would be detrimental to animals’ well-being.
National Actions
U.S. Residents: Urge your legislators to support the Captive Primate Safety Act
If passed, the Captive Primate Safety Act, (H.R. 8164/S. 4206), would prohibit the private possession of nonhuman primates and the sale or transportation of nonhuman primates for the wild “pet” trade. Ask your federal legislators to support this legislation today!
Help Ban Cruel Octopus Farming in the U.S.
Urge your U.S. Senators to co-sponsor the OCTOPUS Act, which would ban commercial octopus farming in the U.S. and prohibit imports of farmed octopus from foreign countries.
Petition: Urge the FDA to Disclose When Products Contain Animal Ingredients
Sign our petition urging the FDA to add a simple “contains animals” disclosure to food labels so concerned consumers can make informed choices.
Petition: Urge USDA to Protect Puppies from Unscrupulous Puppy Mill Trafficker
Sign our petition urging the USDA to revoke the registration of Subject Enterprise, an unscrupulous and deadly puppy mill trafficker.
State Actions
Check for state-level actions you can take:
California: Ban Cruel Octopus Farming!
Ask your state senator to support the California Oppose Cruelty to Octopuses (OCTO) Act, (A.B. 3162) to protect octopuses and marine ecosystems.
California: Help Protect Wildlife from Harmful Poison
Urge California state senator to support The Poison-Free Wildlife Act to protect wildlife in the state!
Massachusetts: Ask your legislators to protect animals this session!
Even though the Massachusetts legislative session ended on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, bills can still move until the end of the year. Act now!
Pennsylvania: Help Protect Animals from Cruel Pigeon Shoots
Urge your Pennsylvania state representative to pass H.B. 2139 to ban cruel live pigeon shoots.
Rhode Island Veterinary Professionals: Support a ban on unnecessary cat declawing today!
Protect cats by asking key lawmakers to support S.B. 2007/H.B. 7052.
New York: Help Protect Animals from Inhumane Circuses and Traveling Acts
A bill to ban the use of certain wild animals in circuses or traveling animal acts in the state, including big cats, bears, nonhuman primates, kangaroos, and wallabies. Urge your state legislators to support this important bill today!
Pennsylvania: Ban Cruel Cat Declawing!
Legislation banning the declawing of cats, H.B. 508/S.B. 1178, is making its way through the Pennsylvania legislature. Ask your lawmakers to support a statewide declaw ban today!
Rhode Island: Ban Cat Declawing!
Ask your state representatives to support and co-sponsor legislation to prohibit the surgical declawing of cats in New Jersey. Help end this cruel practice today!
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Stop Ag-Gag Laws
Undercover investigations and whistleblowers have exposed some of the worst aspects of factory farming, but Ag-Gag laws punish people who speak out about cruelty in animal agriculture. Voice your opposition.
No More Puppy Mills
Puppy mill operators maximize their profits by producing large numbers of puppies as quickly as possible. As a result, unsanitary conditions, disease, and neglect are rampant. Sign our pledge to boycott puppy mills. Together we can end cruel puppy mills.
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Environmental group accuses Tyson of capitalizing on consumers’ interest in purchasing climate-friendly foods by falsely claiming it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketing its industrial beef products as “climate-smart”September 18, 2024 News -
Buffalo Grove in Illinois Reads Proclamation Opposing Cat Declawing
Declawing is a cruel surgical procedure to remove the last bone in a cat's toesAugust 20, 2024 News -
$5,000 Reward in Case of Kittens Found in Trash Bag in Virginia
Animal Legal Defense Fund offers reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for leaving kittens in a trash compactor in Prince Edward CountyAugust 6, 2024 News
