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Massachusetts: Help Stop Illegal Hunting
An Act Further Regulating the Enforcement of Illegal Hunting Practices (H.4442) deters illegal hunting, trapping, and fishing in Massachusetts by modernizing penalties and entering the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact. -
Massachusetts: Help Stop Illegal Hunting
Help stop illegal hunting and fishing in Massachusetts by urging your state legislators to co-sponsor SD 551/HD 1458, An Act Further Regulating the Enforcement of Illegal Hunting Practices. The bills have been filed by State Senator Mike Moore and, jointly, by State Representatives Lori Ehrlich and Ann-Margaret Ferrante.April 1, 2021 Action Alert -
Law Student Paper Series — Defining ‘Meat’: Plant-based Meat Label Censorship in the United States
Join Bianka Atlas, Lewis & Clark Law School, for an overview of the plant-based meat labeling landscape in the United States, with a focus on current and pending state legislation and lawsuits. -
Ag-Gag (Texas)
HB 1480/SB 472 would create an Ag-Gag law in Texas — preventing the public from learning about animal cruelty. -
United States: Tell the Small Business Administration Not to Fund Bigger Factory Farms
The animal agriculture industry attempts to paint itself as a collection of small family farms, but large — often multinational — corporations have overtaken animal agriculture in the U.S. Yet the Small Business Administration (SBA) is proposing a rule that will allow it to give small business loans to even larger factory farms.November 19, 2020 Action Alert -
New White Paper Offers Policy Recommendations to Combat Zoonotic Diseases and Pandemic Risk from Factory Farming
The Animal Legal Defense Fund released the second in a series of white papers — COVID-19 and Factory Farming —providing policy recommendations to address industrial animal agriculture’s role in our heightened risk for zoonotic diseases outbreaks, like COVID-19, and its potential to be the source of the next global pandemic.November 19, 2020 Press Release -
Though Ruled Unconstitutional, Industry Continues Pushing Ag-Gag Laws: Updates in North Carolina, Kansas, Iowa, and Ontario
In the first half of 2020, there were multiple developments in the realm of Ag-Gag laws — so named because they criminalize whistleblowing and undercover investigations in agricultural facilities, thus “gagging” activists and others who expose animal abuse in factory farms and slaughterhouses.September 15, 2020 Animal Law Update -
Animal Cruelty in Your Backyard
The Animal Legal Defense Fund needs your help protecting animals in Clackamas County, Oregon. -
COVID-19: Rethinking our Relationship with Animals
With global outbreaks of zoonotic disease, like COVID-19, on the rise, it is imperative that we simultaneously mobilize to limit the staggering impact of the current pandemic and take action to mitigate our heightened risk from the next. -
Polk County: Stop the Construction of Factory Farms!
Your voice is urgently needed to stop the construction of a factory farm in Polk County. On July 8th, the Polk County Environmental Services Committee will consider whether to approve an ordinance which would allow for a new factory farm, also known as a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO).July 7, 2020 Action Alert