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Using Local Legislation to Protect Animals: Prohibiting Circuses and Traveling Shows that Exploit Animals 2020
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Connecticut: Help end cruel circus abuse
Please urge your state legislators to prohibit the use of wild animals in circuses.March 10, 2020 Action Alert -
Massachusetts: Stop Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Trafficking
Ask your state legislators to support a bill that would restrict the sale, trade, and distribution of ivory and rhino horn in the Massachusetts.January 12, 2020 Action Alert -
Prohibiting Circuses and Traveling Acts that Use Animals
Using Local Legislation to Protect Animals -
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 -
Animal Advocates Urge Puerto Rico Officials to Take Action on Troubled Zoo
Animal Legal Defense Fund letter asks Puerto Rico governor to investigate illegal treatment of endangered species and other animals at Dr. Juan A. Rivero National Zoological ParkDecember 16, 2019 Press Release -
The Animal Legal Defense Fund Mourns Beulah and Karen and Fights for Change in Massachusetts
The Animal Legal Defense Fund is deeply saddened by the death of elephants Beulah and Karen and is committed to supporting legislation pending in Massachusetts to prohibit the use of elephants and certain other wild animals used in circuses.September 19, 2019 News -
Federal Government Sued for Critical Information Related to Puerto Rico Zoo’s Terminated License
Dr. Juan A. Rivero National Zoological Park has been illegally operating without federal license for more than a year.April 4, 2019 Press Release -
Animal Advocacy Group Calls on Puerto Rican Officials to Protect Animals Languishing at Troubled State Zoo
Complaint urges the Puerto Rican government to investigate and revoke any permits granted to the Dr. Juan A. Rivero National Zoological Park and immediately send the animals there to sanctuaries, due to the Endangered Species Act and cruelty violations.October 24, 2018 Press Release -
Case Study: Elephants at the LA Zoo 2018
David Casselman is a trial attorney who spent 10 years litigating pro bono against the Los Angeles Zoo in an effort to protect the elephants housed there.August 10, 2018 Webinar
