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Add your voice to the Animal Legal Defense Fund's initiatives to improve the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund works at the federal, state and local levels to advance important legislation. We advocate for laws that promote or protect the lives and interests of animals, and we oppose legislation that would be detrimental to animals’ well-being.
National Actions
Petition: Urge FDA to Protect Farmed Animals and Consumers by Banning Ractopamine
Sign the petition to show you agree that the FDA should join at least 160 countries, including China and all countries in the European Union, to ban or restrict ractopamine in meat production.
Urge the FDA to Require Disclosure When Products Contain Animal Ingredients
Your comments are needed in support of the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s petition for rulemaking urging the FDA to require products that contain animal-derived ingredients to be labeled with a disclosure.
Petition: Urge USDA to Protect Puppies from Unscrupulous Puppy Mill Trafficker
Sign our petition urging the USDA to revoke the registration of Subject Enterprise, an unscrupulous and deadly puppy mill trafficker.
Petition: Protect Wyoming’s Wildlife from Cruelty
Take action for animals by signing your name to the petition demanding Wyoming update its animal cruelty laws to better protect wildlife.
State Actions
Check for state-level actions you can take:
Massachusetts: Take Action for Companion Animals in Pet Custody Cases Today!
Urge your Massachusetts lawmakers to support the “Pet Custody Bill” — An Act Standardizing Consideration of Pets in Divorce and Separation, S.1206/H.1817 — which provides a framework for judges to use in determining the best interests of a companion animal when a couple is splitting up.
Oregon: Protect Cougars in Oregon from Cruel Hunting Using Dogs!
Contact your state senator and urge them to vote no on a bill that would bring back cruel hound hunting of cougars in Oregon.
Arizona: Take Action for Hens in the Egg Industry Today!
Take action today to stop S.B.1721, a bill aimed at undermining Arizona’s cage-free regulations that protect hens in the egg industry from cruel confinement.
Nevada: Take Action for Hens in the Egg Industry Today!
Take action today to stop A.B. 171, a bill aimed at undermining Nevada’s cage-free law that protects hens in the egg industry from cruel confinement.
Massachusetts: Urge Your Legislators to Co-Sponsor Animal Protection Bills in the 2025–26 Legislative Session
Urge your Massachusetts legislators to co-sponsor critical animal protection legislation introduced in the 2025–26 Legislative Session.
New York: Help Protect Animals from Inhumane Circuses and Traveling Acts
A bill to ban the use of certain wild animals in circuses or traveling animal acts in the state, including big cats, bears, nonhuman primates, kangaroos, and wallabies. Urge your state legislators to support this important bill today!
New Jersey: Stop Cruel Puppy Mills
Urge New Jersey legislative leadership to post S2511/A4051, a state bill to protect animals and consumers from commercial breeding mills and stop the puppy-mill-to-pet-store pipeline into New Jersey.
Pennsylvania: Protect Captive Wild Animals from Dangerous Public Contact!
The Pennsylvania General Assembly is considering a bill, H.B. 1451, that would address a harmful regulatory change adopted by the Pennsylvania Game Commission that is currently permitting captive wild animal exhibitors to sell public contact experiences with wild animals.
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Stop Ag-Gag Laws
Undercover investigations and whistleblowers have exposed some of the worst aspects of factory farming, but Ag-Gag laws punish people who speak out about cruelty in animal agriculture. Voice your opposition.
No More Puppy Mills
Puppy mill operators maximize their profits by producing large numbers of puppies as quickly as possible. As a result, unsanitary conditions, disease, and neglect are rampant. Sign our pledge to boycott puppy mills. Together we can end cruel puppy mills.
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CDC Urged to Release Bird Flu Data Critical to Combatting Outbreak
The Animal Legal Defense Fund seeks updated information from CDC as avian influenza has continued across the U.S.March 28, 2025 News -
Grupos de protección animal solicitan a un tribunal de Minnesota que emita una orden de registro para investigar a Jennie-O por el uso de VSD+
Los registros revelan que la compañía mató a miles de pavos usando "Ventilation Shutdown Plus" (apagado de ventilación plus), lo que causa un golpe de calorMarch 20, 2025 Press Release -
Animal Protection Groups Petition Minnesota Court to Issue Search Warrant to Investigate Jennie-O Over Use of VSD+
Records reveal the company killed thousands of turkeys using “ventilation shutdown plus,” which causes heatstrokeMarch 20, 2025 Press Release
