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COVID-19 Policy Recommendations
Pandemics have not only been predicted, they are also preventable. While the country continues to fight COVID-19, we must also prepare for — with the intention to prevent — the next pandemic. The Animal Legal Defense Fund is developing a series of papers, each outlining policy strategies calibrated to reduce specific zoonotic risks. -
Declawing Cats
Declawing is a cruel surgical procedure to remove the last bone in a cat's toes. -
Florida: Help protect black bears today!
Take action to protect Florida bears from a dangerous bill! If enacted, An Act Relating to Taking of Bears (H.B. 87) would allow for the unregulated shooting of black bears in urban and suburban areas by permitting Florida residents to shoot black bears if they claim to feel threatened or feel their property is being threatened by the bear. -
Oppose: Ag-Gag Bill to Prohibit Photography (Kentucky)
This bill would make it a crime to operate a drone or other photography equipment over a Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) — also known as a factory farm — or take any form of photography within a CAFO without the consent of the facility’s owner. -
Kentucky: Take Action Against Unconstitutional Ag-Gag!
The Kentucky legislature is considering a harmful bill which would stop whistleblowers and undercover investigators from exposing animal cruelty by criminalizing the capturing and sharing of video and photos at factory farms and slaughterhouses. -
Oppose: An Act Relating to Taking of Bears (Florida)
This bill would allow Florida residents to shoot black bears if they feel threatened or they feel their property is threatened by the bear. -
Oppose: Ag-Gag Bill to Criminalize Undercover Animal Cruelty Investigations (Kansas)
This bill would prohibit anyone from entering or remaining on and knowingly making false statements on an employment application to gain access to animal facilities. -
The Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act (Illinois)
This bill would phase out mink farming in Illinois until it’s fully banned in January 2025. -
Illinois: Help Stop Cruel Mink Fur Farming
This bill would phase out mink farming in Illinois until it’s fully banned in January 2025.