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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
Support the Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act
Urge support for the Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act (H.R. 5286) to require stricter enforcement of the Twenty-Eight Hour Law and prohibit the transport of sick or injured animals.
Urgent Action: U.S. Senate Revives Push to Override State Animal Welfare Laws with Rebranded EATS Act
Act now to oppose the Food Security and Farm Protection Act, a repackaged version of the damaging EATS Act which would undermine individual states’ ability to enact their own laws affecting agricultural practices.
Support the Pigs and Public Health Act
Take action now to support the Pigs and Public Health Act, introduced by Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16), which aims to reduce the number of nonambulatory or “downed” pigs — pigs who are too sick or injured to stand or walk unassisted — in the food system.
Urgent Action: U.S. House Revives Push to Override State Animal Welfare Laws with Rebranded EATS Act
Take action now to oppose the Save Our Bacon Act, a repackaged version of the damaging EATS Act, which would undermine individual states’ ability to enact their own laws to protect farmed animals, consumers, and food safety.
State Actions
Check for state-level actions you can take:
California: Pass a Wild Animal Public Contact Ban
Urge your lawmakers to support the Public Contact Safety Act (A.B.892).
Massachusetts: Take Action for Companion Animals in Pet Custody Cases Today!
Urge your Massachusetts lawmakers to support the “Pet Custody Bill” — An Act Standardizing Consideration of Pets in Divorce and Separation, S.1206/H.1817 — which provides a framework for judges to use in determining the best interests of a companion animal when a couple is splitting up.
Oregon: Protect Cougars in Oregon from Cruel Hunting Using Dogs!
Contact your state senator and urge them to vote no on a bill that would bring back cruel hound hunting of cougars in Oregon.
Nevada: Take Action for Hens in the Egg Industry Today!
Take action today to stop A.B. 171, a bill aimed at undermining Nevada’s cage-free law that protects hens in the egg industry from cruel confinement.
Massachusetts: Urge Your Legislators to Co-Sponsor Animal Protection Bills in the 2025–26 Legislative Session
Urge your Massachusetts legislators to co-sponsor critical animal protection legislation introduced in the 2025–26 Legislative Session.
New York: Help Protect Animals from Inhumane Traveling Acts
Urge state legislators to protect wild animals from cruelty in traveling acts in New York.
New Jersey: Stop Cruel Puppy Mills
Urge New Jersey legislative leadership to post S.2511/A.4051, 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.
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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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