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Amicus Brief Establishing Animals as Victims in Federal Case
‘Do chickens count?’ The BIA’s decision and the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s arguments in the Ortega-Lopez v. Lynch case represent an important step forward in improving the legal status of animals.December 3, 2018 News -
Calling for Justice for Jay the Cat
Jay was a well-loved family cat, who was brutally killed on April 28, 2016, at the apartment complex in Centralia, Washington, where Jay and his family lived. Jay’s family and other witnesses saw multiple people squeezing,…
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Defense of Chicago’s Foie Gras Ban
In 2006, Chicago’s City Council enacted a ban on the sale of foie gras, a “delicacy” produced by cruelly force feeding ducks and geese until their livers swell to many times their normal size. The Illinois…
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Challenge of Denver, CO Pitbull Ban
In 2008, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed an amicus curiae brief in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality Denver’s ban on pit bulls. This ban — in place since 1989, with a one-year moratorium in…
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Supreme Court: Military Sonar Effect on Marine Life
In Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, the Supreme Court addressed the legality of military sonar exercises believed to cause significant harm to marine life, including whales and dolphins. The Animal Legal Defense Fund joined a coalition…
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Supreme Court: Depictions of Cruelty
In United States v. Stevens, the Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 48, a law prohibiting the sale and possession of depictions of animal cruelty that lack social value. As the first Supreme…
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Oppose the Florida Black Bear Hunt
In 2015, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission authorized the killing of 320 black bears in the first Florida black bear hunt allowed in the state since 1994. A group called Speak Up Wekiva, Inc.…
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Fight for Animals’ Intrinsic Value In Wrongful Death of Dog
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed an amicus brief to support a family suing a boarding facility for gross negligence that allegedly led to the death of the family’s dog, Lola. When the case made it…
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Animal Legal Defense Fund Asks Georgia Supreme Court to Recognize Pets’ Intrinsic Value
The Animal Legal Defense Fund has filed a “friend of the court” brief in the Georgia Supreme Court, in support of a family suing Barking Hound Village.January 5, 2016 Press Release -
Hearing in Public Interest Coalition’s Constitutional Challenge to Idaho’s Controversial “Ag-Gag” Law
Advocates ask court for judgment in suit against law that silences industry whistle-blowers.April 27, 2015 Press Release
