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  • Challenging the Government’s Fatal Mismanagement of Protected Tule Elk

    Tule elk are a beloved fixture at the Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California. But the National Park Service (NPS), the federal agency responsible for protecting them, is failing at the task — with numerous elk suffering and dying as a result of its negligence. 
  • Challenging a Florida Kitten Breeder’s Cruelty and Fraud

    The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against Orlando-based kitten breeder and seller, Adorable Stars, for practicing veterinary medicine without a license, animal cruelty and neglect, and contract and tort claims.
  • Challenging the Treatment of Captive Animals at Olympic Game Farm

    The Animal Legal Defense Fund alleges Olympic Game Farm, a roadside zoo in Sequim, Washington, is breaking the Endangered Species Act and state anti-cruelty laws by not providing adequate care for the captive animals in its possession.
  • Challenging CEQ’s CAFO Exemptions Under NEPA

    The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for new regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that will shield CAFOs and slaughterhouses from environmental review.
  • Challenging Foster Farms Slaughterhouse’s Illegal Water Use

    The Animal Legal Defense Fund sued Foster Farms, operator of a large slaughterhouse and chicken processing plant in Livingston, California, for its illegal use of vast quantities of water in violation of the California Constitution.
  • Challenging FDA Approval of Experior

    The Animal Legal Defense Fund sued the Food and Drug Administration to challenge the agency’s approval of Experior, an animal drug that claims to reduce ammonia emissions from cows on feedlots.
  • Suing to Protect Nonambulatory Pigs

    The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the unlawful failure to protect “downed” or “non-ambulatory” pigs at slaughterhouses.
  • Suing Unscrupulous Puppy Traffickers Who Knowingly Sold Sick Dogs

    The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against the Kenney family seeking to end their deceptive marketing and sale of puppies, and to recover damages for those who were victimized by the puppy traffickers’ unscrupulous conduct.
  • Protecting Pigs from Cruel High-Speed Slaughter

    The Animal Legal Defense Fund joined a coalition in suing the U.S Department of Agriculture for issuing a final rule allowing pig slaughterhouses nationwide to police themselves and kill pigs at very high line speeds.
  • Challenging Arkansas’s Ag-Gag Law

    Update: In March 2020, the coalition filed an appeal, following the lower court’s February dismissal of the lawsuit. In 2021, plaintiffs won on appeal, bringing the case back into the district court. The Animal Legal Defense…