Lawsuit Filed Against Foster Farms for Illegally Using Vast Quantities of Water to Cruelly Kill Chickens

We’re suing Foster Farms, a large slaughterhouse and chicken processing plant in Livingston, California, for violating state law by using a cruel, water-intensive slaughter method during a drought.
 

New T-Shirt — Fight for the Things That You Care About

There’s a new t-shirt in the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s online shop! Featuring the inspiring words “Fight for the things that you care about” from late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, wear this shirt to remind people that you’ll never give up fighting for animals. 
 

Florida Enacts Shark Finning Law

Tens of millions of sharks are killed annually for their fins. In mid-September, Florida enacted the Kristin Jacobs Ocean Conservation Act which limits the sale, import, and export of shark fins to help ensure that Florida no longer supports or participates in the global shark fin trade.

Thank you to the 2020 Animal Law Conference Sponsors

Co-presented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund and the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School, the Animal Law Conference is the world’s premiere animal law event. Thank you to our platinum and gold sponsors, the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy, Miyoko’s Creamery, and Chapman, Cubine, and Hussey (CCAH) for sponsoring this year’s conference.

Have your gift matched up to $100,000 to fight animal abuse!

Every animal deserves a life free from pain and suffering. But undercover investigations at factory farms and slaughterhouses have revealed the ugly truth that animal abuse is routine and rampant on factory farms — and it must be stopped. Donate today to help protect innocent animals from cruelty.