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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
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.
Petition: Ban Octopus Farming Today!
Octopuses deserve to be protected in the wild, not cruelly farmed for human consumption.
Urge Federal Legislators to Support the SWIMS Act!
The Strengthening Welfare in Marine Settings (SWIMS) Act would end the exploitation and mistreatment of orcas, beluga whales, pilot whales, and false killer whales held in captivity by amending the Marine Mammal Protection Act to prohibit the capture, importation, or exportation of these species for public display.
Require Wildlife Services to prioritize non-lethal methods!
For years, concerned residents have voiced their outrage over the killing of Canada geese rounded up in parks across Denver. As a taxpayer, you have the right to know how Wildlife Services uses your dollars and whether its methods are humane and science-based. If you agree that Wildlife Services should operate with transparency, sign our petition.
State Actions
Check for state-level actions you can take:
Massachusetts: Ensure that dogs and their families can stay together
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: Ask your legislators to support Ollie’s Law
Ask your legislators to support An Act to Increase Kennel Safety, or Ollie’s Law (S. 1309/H. 2019)
Massachusetts: Ban Cat Declawing
Declawing is an invasive surgical procedure in which the last bone in each of a cat’s toes is amputated. An Act Prohibiting Inhumane Feline Declawing (S.190) would ban elective cat declawing in Massachusetts. Ask your legislators to support this bill today!
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.32452) 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.
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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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