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Challenging Utah’s Ag-Gag Law
In 2012, Utah enacted an Ag-Gag law which criminalized the collection of evidence of animal abuse on factory farms. The law made recording agricultural operations a crime, even for reporters and activists investigating criminal animal abuse…
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Rodeo Facts
Rodeos may be popular, but more and more Americans are becoming aware of just how cruel these events are for the animals forced to participate. -
Animal Advocates Urge USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Incorporate Plant-Based Diets
Agencies must acknowledge growing demand for and health benefits of plant-based dietsMarch 30, 2018 Press Release -
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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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 -
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 -
Defending Devil’s Garden’s Wild Horses (2014)
In 1971, Congress passed the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, which requires preservation of rangelands on which wild horses exist. Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory in northeast California’s Modoc National Forest is officially designated as…
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Utah Ag-Gag Law Declared Unconstitutional
Another First Amendment victory for animal groups fighting anti-whistleblower statutes.July 7, 2017 Press Release -
Legally Brief: California Air Resources Board Commits to Regulate Methane Emissions by Dairy Industry
In a momentous and long overdue shift in policy, partly in response to the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s advocacy, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has formally committed to regulating the dairy industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.June 29, 2017 Legally Brief -
New Mega Dairy is an Environmental Catastrophe for Oregon Residents
The Animal Legal Defense Fund, in conjunction with other local and national groups, challenged the state of Oregon’s approval of a water-pollution permit for Lost Valley Farm, a mega dairy.June 27, 2017 News