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New York: End Cruel Circus Acts
Ask your state legislators to support a bill prohibit the use of wild animals in circuses.February 18, 2020 Action Alert -
Court Filing Seeks Whereabouts Of Nearly 100 Animals Missing From Iowa Roadside Zoo
Animal Legal Defense Fund moves for contempt order against Cricket Hollow Zoo and owners who removed animals before rescue in violation of court orderJanuary 9, 2020 Press Release -
Massachusetts: Urge Your Legislators to Protect Animals Exploited by Circuses
Ask your state legislators to support a bill that would prohibit the use of elephants, big cats, primates, and bears in circuses and traveling shows.January 6, 2020 Action Alert -
Animals Rescued and Removed from Manchester, Iowa, Roadside Zoo
Media invited to press briefing after multiple groups work together to rescue animals after court ruling orders their immediate removal from Cricket Hollow ZooDecember 9, 2019 Press Release -
California: Urge Governor Newsom to Protect Wildlife from Super-Toxic Rat Poisons
Sign your name to an open letter to Governor Newsom urging him to immediately place a statewide moratorium on the use of the most toxic class of rat poisons.October 21, 2019 Action Alert -
Coalition Urges Humboldt County to Void Illegal Lethal Contract with Federal Wildlife-Killing Agency
Today, a coalition of animal protection and conservation groups sent a letter to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors and Humboldt County Agriculture Commissioner, urging them to terminate their contract with the USDA.April 30, 2019 Press Release -
Former Roadside Zoo Bear, Ricki, Reunites with Rescuer Whose Lawsuit Freed Her from Concrete Cage
For 16 years, Ricki, a black bear, lived alone in a bare 250-square-foot cage outside of an ice cream shop in Pennsylvania. In 2014, Bennett and the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit on Ricki's behalf.April 25, 2019 Press Release -
Reward of $5,000 Offered in Case of Bear Cubs Separated from Mother
Reward Offered by Animal Legal Defense Fund for Information Leading to Arrest/ConvictionApril 11, 2019 Press Release -
New Jersey Appellate Court Upholds Bear Hunt Ban on State Lands
In 2003, after a 33-year hiatus, the New Jersey Fish and Game Council reauthorized the hunting of black bears. In the years since, the bear hunt has frequently been the subject of litigation, and has been halted by some governors and reinstated by others.February 28, 2019 Animal Law Update
