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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
Help End Cruel Mink Farming in the U.S.
If enacted, the Mink VIRUS Act will end the cruel and dangerous practice of mink farming in the U.S. Help protect public health and animals by urging your U.S House representative to support this legislation today!
United States: Urge Federal Lawmakers to Oppose the EATS Act
The dangerous "EATS Act" would undermine states’ ability to pass laws affecting agriculture, including laws that improve conditions for farmed animals and protect food safety.
Veterinary Professionals: Urge Lawmakers to Ban Cat Declawing
Sign this petition in support of a ban on ban elective cat declawing, while still permitting the procedure when necessary for a therapeutic purpose.
Petition: Ban Professional Bull Riders from State Owned Venues
Sign the petition below urging inhumane events, like Professional Bull Riders traveling events, be banned from government owned venues.
State Actions
Check for state-level actions you can take:
Massachusetts: Ask Your Legislators to Strengthen Animal Cruelty Laws
The Humane Protection of Animals Act (S.1142/H.1718) is a critical omnibus anti-cruelty bill that will strengthen and clarify Massachusetts’ animal cruelty laws.
Massachusetts: Help end animal testing for cosmetics and other products
Ask your legislators to support a bill that would require certain industries to consider alternative testing methods instead of animal testing of cosmetics, household products, and their ingredients.
Massachusetts: Keep Animals Away from Abusers
An Act to Protect Animals From Convicted Animal Abusers (H.1703/S.1076) would prohibit a person convicted of certain animal cruelty crimes — including torture, mutilation, and dogfighting — from possessing, adopting, or fostering an animal for at least five years.
Massachusetts: Help Protect Animals from Inhumane Circuses and Traveling Acts
An Act Relative to the Use of Elephants, Big Cats, Primates, Giraffes, and Bears in Traveling Exhibits and Shows (S.2197/S.2189/H.4915) would prohibit the use of certain animals in circuses and traveling shows in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts: Ask Your State Legislators to Help Protect Animals from Rat Poisons
An Act Relative to Pesticides (S.487/H.825) would reduce the use of rat poisons in Massachusetts.
New York City: Protect Horses
Horses in New York City are suffering! It is time for NYC to take the next step to protect animals and ban the use of horse-drawn carriages. Take action 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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Tyson Foods Sued Over Deceptive ‘Net-Zero’ and ‘Climate-Smart’ Beef Claims
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
