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The Individual Within the Whole: Considering the Wellbeing of Individual Animals in Environmental Reviews

Do environmental reviews have to consider the well-being of individual animals rather than considering only how an action impacts a species’ overall population numbers?

March 28, 2018 News

Update on the Animal Legal Defense Fund Farrowing Crate Lawsuit

Since the lawsuit was filed, the state fair has not hosted the exhibit that kept mother pigs in tiny “farrowing crates” for three weeks every year.

March 13, 2018 News

25 Animals Rescued from Pennsylvania Ice Cream Shop

All animals from Jim Mack’s Ice Cream shop, including alpacas, a llama, emus, peacocks, rabbits, chickens, goats, and a goose, were transferred to rescues.

December 7, 2017 News

UPDATE: Fight the Border Wall’s Threat to Animals

This week the Animal Legal Defense Fund called on a federal court to rule that current plans for a U.S. border wall are illegal.

November 22, 2017 News

Fighting On in Tony’s Memory

We join the many advocates across the world in remembering Tony this week, and we promise to keep you updated on our work on behalf Tony and other animals like him.

October 18, 2017 News

Demanding Transparency from Cook County Animal and Rabies Control in Illinois

Residents of Cook County: Take action now to urge the County Board of Commissioners to uphold its duty to the public and release the full report immediately.

September 28, 2017 News

Case Update: Fighting USDA for Animal Welfare Records

Forcing animal protection organizations to rely on FOIA requests is a significant burden that takes months, even years, to process.

September 21, 2017 News

The Border Wall: Disastrous for Wildlife

The federal government wants to replace the San Diego border wall with a staggering 30-foot wall, threatening the lives of animals living in habitats that transverse the U.S.-Mexico border.

September 14, 2017 News

Victory for Wild Horses: Another Chance for Devil’s Garden

A lawsuit by the Animal Legal Defense Fund has blocked the federal government’s plan to remove protections for the wild horses in Devil’s Garden.

August 28, 2017 News

Candy the Chimp’s Case is Over, But Our Fight for Captive Animals Goes On

In 2015, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit under the [term word="Endangered Species Act"] against Sam Haynes Jr. and Dixie Landin’ amusement park, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for holding Candy the Chimpanzee in inadequate conditions.

August 25, 2017 News