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Federal Trade Commission urged to protect consumers from deceptive pet leasing industry

The Animal Legal Defense Fund and the Humane Society of the United States sent a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging it to investigate the harmful pet leasing industry for deceiving consumers.

October 1, 2018 Press Release

Animal Legal Defense Fund Lawsuit Aims to Rescue Remaining Animals from Iowa Roadside Zoo

The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of four Iowa residents against Cricket Hollow Zoo, for chronic violations of state animal cruelty laws. Cricket Hollow Zoo has a long history of keeping animals in inhumane and illegal conditions.

September 27, 2018 Press Release

Animal Legal Defense Fund Offers $5,000 Reward in Case of Serial Cat Killer

Reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for killing 13 cats in Thurston County

September 5, 2018 Press Release

Lawsuit Raises the Stakes in Food Fight Over the Term “Meat”

Missouri legislators passed a law that will prohibit “misrepresenting” any product as “meat” if it does not come from a slaughtered animal, In a brazen attempt to stifle the growing grocery category of plant-based meat.

August 27, 2018 Press Release

Animal Legal Defense Fund Offers $5,000 Reward in Case of Dog Killed in Sonoma County

Reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible

August 13, 2018 Press Release

Animal Protection Group Sends Notice of Intent to Sue to Pennsylvania Roadside Zoo

The Animal Legal Defense Fund sent notice to Farmers Inn in Sigel, Pennsylvania declaring its intent to sue the roadside zoo for maintaining animals in squalid conditions in violation of the Endangered Species Act and state wildlife protection laws.

August 7, 2018 Press Release

Animal Legal Defense Fund Offers $5,000 Reward in Case of Cat Killed in Clallam County

The Animal Legal Defense Fund is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for killing a cat in Port Angeles, WA.

July 27, 2018 Press Release