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Challenging Misleading Egg Labeling
In 2016, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court against egg retailer Handsome Brook Farm on behalf of the Organic Consumers Association. The lawsuit alleged Handsome Brook Farm was selling eggs…
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Iowa: Protect Egg-laying Hens in Iowa
THIS ACTION IS CLOSED. A dangerous bill in the Iowa legislature would force grocery stores to sell eggs from hens kept in battery cages.February 20, 2018 Action Alert -
Challenging Idaho’s Ag-Gag Law
In 2012, an undercover investigator for Mercy for Animals filmed dairy workers in Idaho violently abusing cows. Idaho’s legislature responded by passing an Ag-Gag law that makes it a crime to conduct undercover agricultural investigations. Such…
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25 Animals Rescued from Pennsylvania Ice Cream Shop
All animals from Jim Mack’s Ice Cream shop, including alpacas, a llama, emus, peacocks, rabbits, chickens, goats, and a goose, were transferred to rescues.December 7, 2017 News -
Public Interest Coalition Challenges Constitutionality of Iowa’s Ag-Gag Law
Advocates for Animals, Workers, Free Speech and Food Safety Take on Agricultural Giants, Following Victories in Utah and Idaho.October 10, 2017 Press Release -
Joint Comment Letter Opposes National Chicken Council Petition
Granting the petition would endanger worker safety, threaten food safety, and increase the inhumane treatment and death of birds by means other than slaughter.September 21, 2017 News -
Utah Will Not Appeal Decision Holding Ag-Gag Law Unconstitutional
The Animal Legal Defense Fund and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are pleased to announce that their successful lawsuit against Utah’s Ag-Gag law will not be appealed.September 7, 2017 Press Release -
Utah Ag-Gag Law Declared Unconstitutional
Another First Amendment victory for animal groups fighting anti-whistleblower statutes.July 7, 2017 Press Release -
Forcing Disclosure of Foster Farms Water Usage Records
Foster Farms operates a slaughterhouse and poultry processing plant in Livingston, California that uses vast quantities of city water. The Animal Legal Defense Fund requested records from Livingston to investigate Foster Farms’ water usage during the…
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Exposing the Living Conditions of Hens Used by the Egg Industry
In March 2017, the Animal Legal Defense Fund sued the the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for violating the California Public Records Act by unlawfully withholding records regarding living conditions of hens used by…
