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Demanding USDA Revoke Animal Welfare Act License from Pennsylvania Roadside Zoo Claws ‘N’ Paws
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a complaint urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to investigate and enforce the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and its implementing regulations to decline to re-issue the exhibitor license of Pennsylvania roadside zoo, Claws ‘N’ Paws, which expires in May 2022. -
Tell Legislators: No Tax Dollars for Factory Farm Gas!
The factory farming industry's latest scheme: presenting its methane emissions as "renewable energy." Watch the 2-minute video Biogas or Bulls**t?, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, then sign the petition urging state and federal legislators to say no to factory farm gas. -
Legal Petition Urges USDA to Track All Animal Deaths at Zoos
Petition urges recordkeeping of all deaths and reporting to the agency every three years from Animal Welfare Act licenseesSeptember 8, 2022 Press Release -
Demanding USDA Strengthen and Enforce AWA Licensees’ Recordkeeping Requirement for All Animal Deaths
ALDF and CompassionWorks International submitted a petition for rulemaking to the U.S. USDA’s APHIS urging the agency to issue a rule under the AWA that would require licensees to record all instances of animal mortality occurring to animals in their possession — and file the mortality reports with the agency every 3 years. -
USDA to Strengthen Tracking of Animal Deaths at Licensed Facilities Following Legal Petition
Animal Legal Defense Fund petition for rulemaking spurs reporting improvements: Forms will be revised to ensure AWA licensees maintain complete records of all animal deaths.December 6, 2022 Press Release -
140 Public Interest Groups Urge USDA Against Inflation Reduction Act Funding Subsidizing Factory Farm Gas Industry
Factory farm gas production subsidizes corporations that have a long history of profiting from pollution at the public’s expenseDecember 7, 2022 Press Release
