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Animals’ Legal Status: Current Issues & Future Directions 2018
This webinar will discuss animals’ current legal status as property and how this status can hinder animal protection within the criminal law context and discuss animals’ legal status as property through the lens of civil litigation. -
Groundbreaking Lawsuit Argues Animals Have the Right to Sue Their Abusers in Court
Justice, an eight-year-old horse, is a party to a lawsuit filed against his former abuser to recover the costs of his ongoing medical care and his pain and suffering.May 1, 2018 Press Release -
Animal Legal Defense Fund Announces Resolution of Lawsuit Against Barkworks for Selling Sick “Puppy Mill” Puppies
Barkworks has closed four of the stores, and its remaining two stores will likely close by January 1, 2019, when California's law banning the sale of dogs from commercial breeders comes into effect.May 1, 2018 Press Release -
Animal Advocates Announce Intent to Sue Maryland Roadside Zoo for Violating Endangered Species Act and State Animal Cruelty Law
The notice letter offers to assist with the relocation of the animals to sanctuaries but cautions that the Animal Legal Defense Fund will file the lawsuit if illegal conditions persist.April 24, 2018 Press Release -
Vivisection Objection: Using Public Records and the Law to Help Animals in Research at Your School 2018
This webinar will provide a practical approach on how students can help animals in research at their schools. -
San Francisco Becomes First Major U.S. City to Ban Fur
San Francisco has become the third and largest city in the nation to prohibit the sale and manufacture of products containing animal fur.April 17, 2018 Animal Law Update -
Canadian Student Chapters Challenge Quebec Rodeos
The University of Sherbrooke Faculty of Law and University of Montréal Faculty of Law SALDF chapters are working together to put an end to the cruel rodeo industry in the province of Quebec, Canada.April 13, 2018 Student Chapters -
Precedent Setting Decision: Endangered Species Act Protects Captive Animals
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms roadside zoo’s substandard care of endangered animals violated federal law.April 11, 2018 Press Release -
Protecting Puerto Rico’s Captive Animals
Puerto Rico’s only official zoo, Dr. Juan A. Rivero National Zoological Park, gained international attention last year for its abysmal conditions.April 9, 2018 News -
Stopping Cruel High-Speed Pig Slaughter
While the largest meat companies stand to profit from this privatized, speeded-up pig slaughter, animals, consumers, and slaughterhouse workers will pay a steep price.April 5, 2018 News
