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Challenging the USDA License Renewal of Yellowstone Bear World for Violating the Animal Welfare Act
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against USDA and APHIS for issuing an Animal Welfare Act exhibitor’s license to Yellowstone Bear World despite the facility’s known violations of federal and state law. -
Urging Illinois Department of Agriculture to Enforce Laws Against Storefronts Sourcing Dogs from Puppy Mills
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a complaint with the Illinois Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Health and Welfare urging it to investigate, suspend, and revoke the dog dealer licenses for six licensees. -
Challenging FDA’s Unreasonable Delay in Responding to Petition to Limit Use or Withdraw Approval of Ractopamine
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit to require the FDA provide substantive responses to petitions urging for the immediate reduction in the allowable levels of ractopamine. -
Urging USDA to Revoke AWA Exhibitor License from Jason Clay (2024)
The Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted a complaint urging the USDA to investigate and revoke the AWA license for convicted wildlife trafficker Jason Clay, who is doing business in Texas as two entities, Franklin Drive Thru Safari and East Texas Zoo & Gator Park. -
Urging FSIS to ban use of ‘climate-friendly’ claims on beef products
Submitted comments in support of EWG petition -
Challenging the Treatment of Animals at Farmers Inn
In 2018 the Animal Legal Defense Fund sent a notice of intent to sue Farmers Inn, a roadside zoo in Sigel, Pennsylvania, for violations of the Endangered Species Act and state public nuisance standards based on violations of state wildlife protection laws. -
Demanding USDA Institute Regulatory Framework to Govern Wildlife Services
The Animal Legal Defense Fund, as part of a coalition, submitted a petition for rulemaking to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service urging Wildlife Services to phase out lethal control of wild animals, including prohibiting specific practices such as neck snares, M-44 cyanide bombs, lead bullets, and more. -
Urging USDA Not to Support Factory Farm Biogas in IRA
Groups, led by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Food & Water Watch, the Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment, Friends of the Earth, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and the Southern Environmental Law Center, urged USDA not to further subsidize factory farms under the guise of climate action. -
Exposing Predators of the Heart as a Sham Animal Sanctuary
The Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted comments and testimony exposing Predators of the Heart as a sham animal sanctuary at a Skagit County land-use hearing to determine whether the facility will be allowed to continue operations on its property in Mount Vernon, Washington. -
Urging NPS to Implement Plan to Conserve Native Tule Elk Population
The Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted comments urging the National Park Service (NPS) to implement its proposed action plan, the Tomales Point Area Plan (TPAP) public scoping newsletter “Alternative B,” with certain modifications, to help conserve the native Tule elk population in the region.
