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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

United States: Protect Animals from Cruel Cosmetics Testing

United States: Protect State Anti-Cruelty Laws

United States: Support the Big Cat Public Safety Act

United States: Support the Farm System Reform Act
State Actions
Check for state-level actions you can take:

New Jersey: Allow Animal Shelters to File for Costs of Care for Animal Cruelty Victims

Urge Governor Newsom and the California Air Resources Board to Stop Factory Farms from Profiting from Pollution (California)

Massachusetts: Ask Your State Representative to Help Protect Animals from Rat Poisons

Massachusetts: Ask Your State Legislators to Ban Fur Sales

Massachusetts: Help Wild Animals Exploited by Circuses

Massachusetts: Protect Puppies and Kittens

New Jersey: Ask Your Legislators to Protect Animal Cruelty Victims!

New Jersey: End the Cruel Confinement of Mother Pigs and Calves Used for Veal
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Evidence Shows University of Wisconsin-Madison Illegally Censors Critics of Animal Testing
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$5,000 Reward for Information Regarding Dolphin Stabbed to Death in Gulf of Mexico
Animal Legal Defense Fund offers reward for information leading to the arrest and convictionMay 3, 2022 Press Release -
Complaint Demands USDA Revoke Pennsylvania Claws ‘N’ Paws Roadside Zoo Animal Exhibitor License
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a complaint urging the USDA to investigate and enforce the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and its implementing regulations to decline to re-issue the exhibitor license of Pennsylvania roadside zoo, Claws ‘N’ Paws.May 3, 2022 Press Release