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Challenging Holden Farms Cruelty and Garbage Feeding Via False Claims Lawsuit
Lawsuit alleges violations of the federal Swine Health Protection Act, Minnesota Anti-Garbage feeding law, and Minnesota Anti-Cruelty Law. -
Urging FSIS Not to Overlook Cultivated Meat in Its Proposed Voluntary Labeling Rule on U.S. Origin Claims
The Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted comments to FSIS urging the agency to include the cultivated meat sector in its proposed rule on voluntary labeling of FSIS-regulated products with U.S.-origin claims. -
Defending California’s Landmark Farmed Animal Protection Law, Proposition 12
For the second time, the Animal Legal Defense Fund has intervened to help California defend its landmark farmed animal protection law, Proposition 12. The case will next be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Urging FDA Not to Require Plant-Based Milk Comparison Nutrient Statement
The Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted comments to the FDA urging the agency to remove its unprecedented “voluntary nutrient statement” from its draft guidance on the labeling of plant-based milks. -
Protecting Animal Victims and Defending Oregon’s ’Bond-or-Forfeit’ Law
In Oregon v. Hershey, numerous animals were seized in a criminal cruelty investigation and later forfeited by their abuser. The Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted an amicus curiae brief in response to an appeal brought by the abuser. -
Defending California’s Proposition 12 Against Iowa Industry Group’s Challenge
Multiple industry groups have sought to overturn Prop 12, California's landmark farmed animal protection law. Now, the Iowa Pork Producers Association has filed a lawsuit. The Animal Legal Defense Fund's coalition is helping defend the law. -
Coalition Demands the Oregon Department of Agriculture Hold Mega-Dairies to Stricter Standards Concerning Pollution to Water Resources
The Animal Legal Defense Fund joined the other member organizations of Stand Up to Factory Farms in providing comments to the Oregon Department of Agriculture regarding their Confined Animal Feeding Operation National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit. -
Urging the EPA to Regulate Factory Farms’ Air Pollution
The Animal Legal Defense Fund and coalition partners have petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind a 16-year-old agreement not to enforce clean air regulations and public disclosure requirements related to air emissions for thousands of factory farms. -
Urging the California Air Resources Board to Stop Factory Farms from Profiting from Pollution
On October 27, 2021, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and coalition partners took action by submitting a petition for rulemaking to the California Air Resources Board, the agency within California’s Environmental Protection Agency charged with improving air quality. -
Challenging Iowa’s Recording Ban Ag-Gag Law
The Animal Legal Defense Fund, together with a coalition of public interest groups, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, challenging the constitutionality of the recently-passed Iowa Recording Ban — a new Ag-Gag law.
