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Legally Brief: California Air Resources Board Commits to Regulate Methane Emissions by Dairy Industry
In a momentous and long overdue shift in policy, partly in response to the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s advocacy, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has formally committed to regulating the dairy industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.June 29, 2017 Legally Brief -
Sonoma County, CA: Tell the DA to Take Animal Cruelty Seriously
The Animal Legal Defense Fund is urging resident of Sonoma County, California to speak up and demand the District Attorney file animal cruelty charges in the case of a terrible incident causing the death of two miniature horses, Scout and Big Red.June 28, 2017 Action Alert -
Rhode Island: Say NO to Cruel Confinement of Egg-laying Hens
Rhode Island: speak up in support of - H.B. 6023 - an important measure to prohibit the cruel confinement in battery cages.June 28, 2017 News -
New Mega Dairy is an Environmental Catastrophe for Oregon Residents
The Animal Legal Defense Fund, in conjunction with other local and national groups, challenged the state of Oregon’s approval of a water-pollution permit for Lost Valley Farm, a mega dairy.June 27, 2017 News -
HIMP: Inherently Cruel for Pigs
Millions of pigs will suffer under an expanded program that allows slaughterhouses to radically increase the speed with which pigs are slaughtered while at the same time decreasing oversight by largely putting the slaughterhouses in charge of policing themselves.June 26, 2017 News -
Unique Connecticut Law Allows Court-Appointed Advocates to Represent Animals
Connecticut has become the first state to allow legal advocates to testify on behalf of animal victims in cruelty and neglect cases. -
Victory in NYC: No more animal exploitation in the circus
New York City has joined the growing list of cities that say “NO” to animal exploitation by passing Intro. 1233, a bill banning the use of wild animals in entertainment.June 21, 2017 News -
Indiana Passes “Good Samaritan” Law to Protect Dogs in Hot Cars
Indiana is the ninth state to pass a “good Samaritan” hot car law allowing a citizen to forcibly enter a motor vehicle under certain conditions to rescue a companion animal confined inside.June 13, 2017 Animal Law Update -
University of California–Berkeley: Animal Awareness Week
Each spring, Boalt Hall Animal Law Society (ALS) hosts an Animal Awareness Week on campus to educate students and faculty at the University of California-Berkeley about issues involving animals in our society.September 1, 2008 Student Chapter Spotlight
