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Animal Law Student Scholars’ Workshop

The Animal Law Student Scholars’ Workshop is a year-long project that will engage law students in using scholarship to develop innovative legal solutions to address animal protection problems.

May 23, 2024 Student Chapters

Lawsuit Filed Demanding USDA Produce Documents Related to the Environmental Review of Publicly Funded Factory Farms

Despite repeated FOIAs, the USDA has failed to post the documents in violation of the law.

May 22, 2024 News

Florida Prohibits Public Housing Policies that Restrict Dogs Based on Breed, Size, or Weight

While a positive step forward, Florida’s new law could be strengthened by being more inclusive, covering private rentals as well as public housing.

May 14, 2024 Animal Law Update

New York: Help Protect Animals from Inhumane Circuses and Traveling Acts

A bill to ban the use of certain wild animals in circuses or traveling animal acts in the state, including big cats, bears, nonhuman primates, kangaroos, and wallabies. Urge your state legislators to support this important bill today!

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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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Have you purchased these Perdue or Signature Farms products?

ADVERTISING MATERIAL As part of our mission, the Animal Legal Defense Fund challenges companies who misrepresent their products by the way they market them, known as “humane-washing.” In 2021, ALDF filed a lawsuit against the U.S.…

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New Jersey: Stop Cruel Puppy Mills

Urge New Jersey legislative leadership to post S2511/A4051, a state bill to protect animals and consumers from commercial breeding mills and stop the puppy-mill-to-pet-store pipeline into New Jersey.

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