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Runaway Carriage Horse on Streets of St. Louis: Animal Legal Defense Fund Files Restraining Order Against Reckless Industry
The Animal Legal Defense Fund has filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission after yet another horse ran wild through city streets, barely averting disaster.May 1, 2015 News -
Animal Legal Defense Fund Urges Massachusetts Court of Appeals to Let Climate Change Lawsuit Proceed
Today, the Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted a friend of the court brief on behalf of highly enterprising Harvard students, including several at Harvard Law School, in their bid to compel the University to divest from fossil fuels.October 6, 2015 News -
Tyson, Repeat OSHA Violator, Gives its Workers Lip Service Instead of Safer Conditions
Animal Legal Defense Fund's undercover investigator documented egregious violations of workplace health and safety regulations in one of Tyson's chicken slaughterhouses.November 4, 2015 News -
Court Enjoins Enforcement of Unconstitutional Ag-Gag Law
Today Judge B. Lynn Winmill issued the final judgment declaring Idaho’s Ag-Gag law unconstitutional and enjoining the state from enforcing the law.November 12, 2015 News -
UW-Madison Evasion Hides Public Records and Details of Infant Monkey Experiments
Today, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed its final brief in support of its motion for summary judgment in a case that has pitted animal welfare and public records advocates against the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW).November 17, 2015 News -
The Animal Legal Defense Fund Files Lawsuit to Advocate for Wildlife Welfare
In allowing hunting dogs to tear through the wild spaces of California beyond the control of hunters, the Fish & Game Commission has effectively authorized hunters to harass wildlife, which the law prohibits.May 18, 2016 News -
Scales Tilt Toward Justice for Animals Abused in Research Labs
Historic USDA penalty may signify a willingness to actively prosecute corporate animal abusers.July 6, 2016 Legally Brief -
Victory for Egg-Laying Hens as 9th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Prop 2 Challenge
Missouri’s crusade to roll back farmed animal protections approved by California voters suffered a fatal blow today when a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s dismissal of the case (State of Missouri ex rel. Koster v. Harris).November 18, 2016 News -
Animal Legal Defense Fund Files Anti-SLAPP Motion Against Landry’s Defamation Suit
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a motion asking a Harris County judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Landry’s Inc. and the Downtown Aquarium Inc. that ALDF defamed Landry’s by publicly commenting on the controversial mistreatment of four white tigers.January 8, 2017 Press Release -
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of USDA in Foie Gras Case
On Dec. 14, 2016, a federal judge granted summary judgment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a lawsuit to compel the agency to declare foie gras a diseased product unsuitable for human consumption, thereby removing it from the food supply.January 27, 2017 Animal Law Update