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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
Urge the FDA to Require Disclosure When Products Contain Animal Ingredients
Your comments are needed in support of the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s petition for rulemaking urging the FDA to require products that contain animal-derived ingredients to be labeled with a disclosure.
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.
Petition: Ban Octopus Farming Today!
Octopuses deserve to be protected in the wild, not cruelly farmed for human consumption.
Petition: Protect Wyoming’s Wildlife from Cruelty
Take action for animals by signing your name to the petition demanding Wyoming update its animal cruelty laws to better protect wildlife.
State Actions
Check for state-level actions you can take:
New Jersey: Stop Cruel Puppy Mills
Urge New Jersey legislative leadership to post S2511/A4051, a state bill to protect animals and consumers from commercial breeding mills and stop the puppy-mill-to-pet-store pipeline into New Jersey.
Pennsylvania: Protect Captive Wild Animals from Dangerous Public Contact!
The Pennsylvania General Assembly is considering a bill, H.B. 1451, that would address a harmful regulatory change adopted by the Pennsylvania Game Commission that is currently permitting captive wild animal exhibitors to sell public contact experiences with wild animals.
Florida: Help protect black bears today!
Take action to protect Florida bears from a dangerous bill! If enacted, An Act Relating to Taking of Bears (H.B. 87) would allow for the unregulated shooting of black bears in urban and suburban areas by permitting Florida residents to shoot black bears if they claim to feel threatened or feel their property is being threatened by the bear.
Kentucky: Take Action Against Unconstitutional Ag-Gag!
The Kentucky legislature just passed a harmful bill which would stop whistleblowers and undercover investigators from exposing animal cruelty by criminalizing the capturing and sharing of video and photos at factory farms and slaughterhouses.
Hawaii: Take action for octopuses today!
Help protect Hawaii’s waters, residents, and octopuses by supporting a statewide ban on octopus farming!
Maryland: Take Action to End Cruel Confinement of Hens Used for Egg Production!
Take action today to email Maryland lawmakers in support of S.B.806/H.B.834, which would ban the use of cruel cages and require eggs sold in Maryland to come from hens in a cage-free environment.
Los Angeles: Ask your City Councilmember to support a citywide rodeo ban
The Los Angeles City Council is considering a measure that would ban rodeos citywide — and they need to hear from you.
New Jersey: Help end painful and unnecessary cat declaw procedures!
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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The Animal Legal Defense Fund seeks updated information from CDC as avian influenza has continued across the U.S.March 28, 2025 News
