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Critical Caselaw: Using the First Amendment to Protect Animals & Advocates
The guarantee of free speech enshrined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is critical to the animal protection movement. Join Kelsey Eberly, ALDF Senior Staff Attorney, as she explores the applicable legal canons and arguments employed to vindicate activists’ rights, protect advocacy, and empower entrepreneurial innovation. -
Lobbying for Animals: State & Federal Legislative Update
Join Alicia Prygoski, Animal Legal Defense Fund Senior Legislative Affairs Manager, for a discussion about our legislative victories from the past few months and bills we’re currently advocating for at the state and federal level. -
Funding Critical Health Services for Animals In Need (Massachusetts)
Governor signs state budget allocating funds to provide critical animal health services—including spay and neuter surgeries and vaccinations—to animals in need. -
Critical Caselaw: An Animal-Forward Approach to 1st Amendment Jurisprudence
The art humans make and the spirituality humans practice have involved animals throughout time. As such, it is no surprise that animal cases have given rise to some of this nation’s most notable 1st Amendment rulings, both for freedoms of speech and religious freedoms. -
Providing Key Protections for Agricultural Workers (Colorado)
Helps protect Colorado’s tens of thousands of farm workers by establishing whistleblower protections, fairer compensation for labor, and protections other workers already access through Colorado’s Labor Peace Act -
Puppy Protection Act (Federal)
The Puppy Protection Act bans harmful practices in puppy mills and requires common-sense standards of care for commercial breeders. -
Spain Poised to Recognize Animal Sentience Within Civil Code, Clarifying Animals Are Not “Things”
On April 18, 2021, the Spanish Parliament approved consideration of a bill that would amend the country’s Civil Code to recognize animals are “living beings endowed with sentience” rather than “things,” specifically “moveable property.”August 18, 2021 Animal Law Update -
Funding Critical Animal Health Services In Massachusetts FY2021 State Budget
Governor signs state budget allocating $50k to provide critical animal health services to animals in need. -
Protecting Animals from Rat Poisons (Massachusetts)
Would reduce the use of rat poisons in Massachusetts to protect wild animals as well as companion animals -
Lobbying for Animals: State & Federal Legislative Update
Join Animal Legal Defense Fund Senior Legislative Affairs Manager Stephanie Harris for a quarterly update on animal protection legislation. The webinar will review recent victories and pending priorities at the state and federal level and explore ways you can help pass animal protection laws.August 26, 2021 Webinar