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How to Advocate for Animals With or Without a Law Degree: Community Organizing for Farmed Animals
Farmed animals are exploited at alarming rates, with over nine billion farmed land animals slaughtered in the U.S. every year. Join Senior Staff Attorney Cristina Stella as she provides attendees with an inside look at how legal advocacy and grassroots advocacy work together to create positive change on behalf of farmed animals. -
Holding Slaughterhouses Accountable for Water Pollution
The Animal Legal Defense Fund joined a coalition of conservation and community groups in filing a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to update national standards restricting water pollution from slaughterhouses. -
Whistleblowers Sought as COVID-19 Ravages Industrial Animal Agriculture Industry
A series of billboards, in English and Spanish, are launching near slaughterhouses across the country — offering an online tip portal where industrial animal agriculture workers can report any concerns. Joaquin Phoenix partnered with the Animal Legal Defense Fund in offering and promoting ReportAnimalAg.com to allow individuals to remain anonymous.July 6, 2020 Press Release -
Demanding Transparency Regarding Government Funding of Factory Farms
The Animal Legal Defense Fund is part of a coalition suing the Farm Service Agency for withholding and improperly redacting records regarding the funding of factory farms. -
Demanding the USDA Regulate the Mass Disposal of Farmed Animals During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Animal Legal Defense Fund joined a coalition petitioning the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ban the mass burial and on-site incineration of animals on factory farms during the COVID-19 pandemic -
Backyard Slaughter Survivors Head to Sanctuary!
Animals rescued from backyard slaughter operation near Fort Meyers, Florida are now headed to sanctuaries.May 4, 2020 News -
Second Challenge to California Law Banning Cruelest Farming Practices is Dismissed
Animal Legal Defense Fund successfully helps defend Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act against 'copycat' lawsuitApril 28, 2020 Article -
As COVID Pummels Slaughterhouse Workers, Meat Companies Won’t Slow Down
The USDA and its meat corporation clientele are resisting calls to halt or even delay slaughterhouses’ adoption of the controversial high-speed, deregulated pig and poultry slaughter inspection systems.April 14, 2020 News -
Stimulus Packages Require Forward Thinking to Safeguard America’s Future Health
Animal Legal Defense Fund calls on Congress to respond to COVID-19 by proactively addressing the root causes of pandemicsApril 9, 2020 Press Release -
Appeal Challenges Arkansas’ Unconstitutional ‘Ag-Gag’ Law
Advocates continue to fight law that penalizes whistleblowing on factory farms, other businesses in violation of the First AmendmentMarch 12, 2020 Press Release
