Articles Archive

Meet ALDF LL.M. Scholar Aurora Paulsen

The Animal Legal Defense Fund and Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) are pleased to announce that Aurora Paulsen has been selected to receive the first-ever ALDF LL.M. Scholar Award.

June 12, 2015 News

California Supreme Court Rejects Napa Restaurant’s Attempts to Flout Foie Gras Ban

Animal Legal Defense Fund’s challenge to La Toque’s violations moves forward.

June 11, 2015 Press Release

The Oregon Humane Society & the Animal Legal Defense Fund Offer $5,000 Reward in Kitten Shooting Case

The Oregon Humane Society announced today that it is partnering with the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) to increase the reward for the person who shot Lucy, a 12-week-old kitten, from $500 to $5,000.

June 10, 2015 Press Release

Conditions Improve for Stockton Animals After Animal Legal Defense Fund Lawsuit

Increased adoption rates, decreased killings, increased medical care and spay/neuter.

June 9, 2015 Press Release

Animal Legal Defense Fund Amends Lawsuit after County Approved Second Monkey Breeding Facility

Facility for monkeys known to carry Ebola, other diseases approved in violation of state public accountability law.

May 28, 2015 Press Release

Animal Legal Defense Fund Suit over Weak Puppy Mill Regulations Moves Forward

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania allowed a lawsuit filed by the national nonprofit Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) to move forward against the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

May 19, 2015 Press Release

Wolf Pup Exhibitor Endangers Animal and Human Health

Animal advocates seek government action for reported animal welfare act violations at controversial exhibition and fur factory.

May 19, 2015 Press Release

New York Animal Law Symposium

On Saturday, April 18, 2015, more than 60 attorneys, law students, and animal advocates came together to attend the first Student Animal Legal Defense Fund New York Symposium.

May 16, 2015 News

ALDF Opens New Frontier for Animal Personhood as Scientists Create Human-Animal Chimeras

What are the legal implications for splicing human cells into nonhuman animals?

May 15, 2015 News

Joshua Horwitz – War of the Whales

When science author Joshua Horwitz first came across a lawsuit filed by an environmental lawyer against the U.S. Navy, he knew he had a found an untold story.

May 14, 2015 News