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Action Alert

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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

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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.
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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.
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Petition: Ban Octopus Farming Today!

Petition: Ban Octopus Farming Today!

Octopuses deserve to be protected in the wild, not cruelly farmed for human consumption.
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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.
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Sign the Animal Bill of Rights

Do you believe animals deserve basic legal rights?

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State Actions

Check for state-level actions you can take:

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New York City: Help End Horse-Drawn Carriages!

Contact your City Council member today and urge them to support Intro 943, Romanch’s Law, to responsibly phase out New York City’s horse-drawn carriage industry.
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New Jersey: Bears Need Protection

Revises law prohibiting feeding of bears; establishes program in DEP for distribution of bear-proof garbage cans.
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New Jersey: Ask Your Legislators to Protect Animal Cruelty Victims!

Tell legislators that you support a bill that would create a Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) in New Jersey.
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New York: Ask Your Legislators to Protect Animal Cruelty Victims!

S. 1659/A. 111 provides for an advocate in criminal cases concerning the welfare or care of an animal. Courtroom Animal Advocate Programs allow advocates — supervised law students or volunteer lawyers — to advocate for animal victims in criminal cruelty cases.
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Join the Animal Legal Defense Fund's email list to stay up to date on lawsuits, legislation, and regulations affecting 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.
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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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