Animal Legal Defense Fund
ALDF is a non-profit organization that fights to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. Learn more at aldf.org. Visit us on YouTube at aldf.org/youtube and on Change.org at change.org/aldf

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Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund Ever wonder what happened to Michael Jackson's beloved companion Bubbles? Check out ALDF's new blog!

Source: aldf.org
In the media frenzy surrounding all things Michael Jackson over the past two weeks, it comes as no surprise that, after endless interviews with Quincy Jones, Lisa Marie Presley, Brooke Shields, Elizabeth ...
Margaret
Margaret
Thank you ALDF
Patti
Patti
Thank you ALDF for your comments about Bubbles and the Center for Great Apes. Bubbles has been peacefully unaware of all the media hoopla about him. He spent the day again today with his chimpanzee companions playing, grooming, munching meals, and taking naps in the shade.
Patti
Jenny Willingter

Jenny Willingter Thanks for protecting our friends!

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund Today is the last day of the recruitment contest! Invite your friends and family to the Support Better Laws for Farmed Animals cause and you could win an ALDF prize pack! The winners will be announced tomorrow morning.

Source: apps.facebook.com
Michelle Bafik-Vehslage

Michelle Bafik-Vehslage Thank you for all you do for those who can not.

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund ALDF Facebook fans: You helped name her, now watch Gracie take her first steps!

Source: aldf.org
At 9 p.m. on May 21st, Lacy, the pregnant mare who was close to death when she was rescued from a North Carolina field, gave birth to a healthy, beautiful baby girl. Both mother and daughter are doing ...
AminahCarroll-
AminahCarroll-
what a little beauty
Dee
Dee
She's beautiful!
Daniela
Daniela
Oh what a beautiful creature
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund There are only a couple more days left to win an ALDF prize pack by recruiting friends to ALDF's Support Better Laws for Farmed Animals cause! Recruit friends, win prizes!


Support Better Laws for Farmed Animals!
519 members - $225 raised

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund New York/Bronx area Facebook Fans: Please attend court proceedings on Wednesday, July 8th and support a tough prosecution of alleged dogfighting ring organizer Alexander Estephane.

Source: aldf.org
ISSUE:(Bronx, NY) Allegedly run by defendant Alexander Estephane, a neighborhood dogfighting ring was raided in June 2008 by a coordinated team of New York and New Jersey authorities who arrested seven men, including a corrections officer, and rescued 16 pit bulls at the scene. ...
Isolde K. Opphile

Isolde K. Opphile Submitted the letter. ALDF please keep us posted of our success!

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund Oppose Puerto Rico’s plan for a massive primate breeding facility!

Source: org2.democracyinaction.org
Join the Animal Legal Defense Fund and an international coalition of attorneys, scientists, and animal advocates in opposing the proposed construction of a massive facility in Puerto Rico for the purpose of breeding primates for use in painful and traumatic laboratory experiments.
Dianne
Dianne
Letters sent and forwarded to friends. This breaks my heart!
Michelle
Michelle
absolutely signed!
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund Support better laws for farmed animals and join our cause!
Reach out to your friends & family - we challenge you to invite as many people on Facebook as you can! The top 3 recruiters will receive an ALDF prize pack. The contest starts today and ends on July 8th, so start spreading the word!

Source: apps.facebook.com
Pam
Pam
A friend of animals is a friend of mine. To find others who tear up at the visuals based on our knowledge of what goes on...right now as we sit here a beautifully innocent animal is suffering. To find others who share this turmoil in their hearts is a blessing to me. We have to find each other. We have to join as one toward the simple cause of getting others to understand the REALITY of what man still does to animals today in the interest of PROFIT.
Neesan
Neesan
Even the words " farmed animals " sends shivers down my spine.. Its time people showed compassion to these dear sentient beings and become vegan .
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund In a custody case concerning Dexter, a seven-year-old pug, a New Jersey appeals court acknowledged the significant bond that guardians have with their companion animals.

Source: aldf.org
In March, a New Jersey appeals court ruled that judges can consider the human-animal bond in deciding who gets custody of companion animals when couples separate. This precedent-setting case centers on a seven-year-old pug named Dexter, who was purchased by Doreen Houseman and Eric Dare in 2003. ...
Aileen
Aileen
Unconditional love of a dog to its guardian - makes you less jaded doesn't it?
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Source: www.aldf.org
Lawsuit Coincides with Rescue Group’s Fight to Prevent the Return of the Eight Horses to the Indiana Man Charged with Abusing Them
Gage
Gage
Why the hell would you give the very animals back to the guy who abused them.... I mean REALLY, that just sickens me.
Gage
Gage
Ok the pic I say on aldf.org, that horse was emaciated. How could you do that?
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund The 2009 Commission on Military Justice will recommend that the Secretary of Defense include an animal cruelty Article in the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Source: aldf.org
The United States military’s Uniform Code of Military Justice is the law of the land for U.S. military personnel no matter where they are stationed. Passed in 1950 the Code applies to all branches of the ...
Farah
Farah
The government agencies should serve as role models to individuals.
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Source: aldf.org
If every march for social justice has its landmarks, the case of Max the cat is surely a milestone for animal rights. Thanks to a tireless prosecutor, an aggressive judge, and some help from the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Max is not only safe, but his ordeal has led to a pioneering court ruling that...
Kate
Kate
wow this is amazing (sad that it is amazing) but amazing still
Dee
Dee
I support the Animal Legal Defense Fund - anyone abusing animals will abuse children and women and they deserve prosecution and I hope the law upholds such a view.
Luella

Luella Will the ALDF make a presence at the D.C. VegFest 2009? dcvegfest.com

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund Do you live in or around Orlando, Florida? Please support the prosecution by attending court proceedings on Friday, June 26th, for Christopher Comins, a man who was videotaped shooting two Siberian husky dogs multiple times.

Source: org2.democracyinaction.org
Update 6/1/09Two misdemeanor counts of animals cruelty against Christopher M. Comins have been upgraded to the felony level. A hearing date has been continued until June 26, 2009 - locals are encouraged to support the prosecution and attend the court proceedings. ...
Mary
Mary
Wish I could attend court. People who shoot dogs for no logical reason are sick. only if it is killing a human should it be put down.
Gautam
Gautam
This person needs to be shot..........
Joe Park

Joe Park Can we get a list of companies that are engaged in animal testing? We need to know so that we can BOYCOTT them.

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund The link between violence to animals and violence to humans is well documented. Find out what you can do to help stop animal abuse and keep your community safe.

Source: aldf.org
(Bronx, NY) The recent case of Cheyenne Cherry, a 17 year old girl who reportedly confessed unapologetically for having tortured and killed a kitten by putting her in a hot oven, has garnered well-deserved outrage from across the nation. ...
Catherine
Catherine
Cheyenne Cherry is a piece of human garbage and should be given the same punishment she gave that poor sweet kitten.
Karen
Karen
I would have to believe that she was tortured herself; raped, molested, beaten, etc in order to do this type of thing. So very sad!
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund After recently being rated as "the best place to abuse an animal" in Canada by ALDF’s Canadian Animal Protection Laws Rankings report, the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly unanimously approved a bill today that raises the maximum penalty for certain forms of animal abuse. New Brunswick’s maximum fine will now be the highest for this offense in Canada.

Source: aldf.org
Less than a month ago, MLA Jody Carr took to the floor of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly and chastised the province for its weak animal protection laws. He cited ALDF’s Canadian Animal Protection ...
Linda
Linda
Excellent!
Kathleen
Kathleen
Finally, one for the animals!
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund A must-read blog post by ALDF staffer Paula Erba about protecting even the smallest of animals.

Source: aldf.org
When I was ten years old, my family moved out to the country, and my friend and I would play down by a big pond that both of our families shared. While playing on my family’s side of the pond one day, my friend and I discovered a nest of baby mice, hidden in the tall weeds. ...
Mary
Mary
My sweet precious mate found a tiny mouse in his juice bottle he left in the shed the night before. The little mouse had to stand on back tippy toes to not drown, the side was too slik for it to climb. I ask Bill what he did and my heart melted with love when he said, " The poor thing tried so hard to stay alive so he let it go." Now how many tough men would do the same? not many i would say, most would of killed it without a second thought.
Elaine
Elaine
My son had a couple of teeny hamsters while growing up. He learned to be so gentle with them. They were always fascinating. I remember when he was 13 and his hamster had died. Luke and his best friend asked me to join them in the 21 BB gun salute at the burial. I'll never forget it. They ran out of bbs after 13. He will kill me if he reads this on here! LOL He is married and in the USAF. His heart is so tender that doesn't even fish with live bait! ;0) I was a good mom! and I have great kids.
Peggy
Peggy
Real men are kind to animals ♥
Michelle Staples

Michelle Staples Bertram Russell: A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.
L. DaVinci: The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

Put it on a t-shirt and wear it everywhere. Killing animals for food is not sustainable or moral.

SAAW
SAAW
So many great animal friendly quotes but those are2 great ones to be displayed in public as you suggest ... :)
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund ALDF's Director of Communications, Lisa Franzetta, is celebrating ten years of being vegan. Join the tofu celebration!

Source: aldf.org
While I wouldn’t turn down gemstones, platinum, or even costume jewelry, I’m pretty sure the appropriate gift to offer me this month is tofu—I’m celebrating ten years of being vegan. A number of ...
Clifford
Clifford
I have been vegan for 14 years and I am not gay and I live very large....thank you
Darlene
Darlene
I personally know plenty of non-vegan gay people.
Debra Campanile

Debra Campanile Please check out my page! I need your help passing bill # 1550. Send me an email and let me know you support the bill?

Saaw InternationalOrg

Saaw InternationalOrg Hi everyone ,
We’re an Animal advocate organization Based in Taiwan with the goal of educating on all aspects of cruelty done to animals throughout the world. We are looking to network with all for any level of support that can be provided. We are currently doing public outreach through leaflets, DVD’s, activities/ demonstrations and more… we hope you can take a few minutes to browse our site SAAWInternational.org and join, voice your opinion on the issues.

Animal Legal Defense Fund
Source: aldf.org
This is a question that we frequently hear from professional news reporters. Our answer is yes, they have, and it is most obvious in how Americans view their own companion animals.
Ken
Ken
ditto
Simba
Simba
me too!
Darrick Thomson

Darrick Thomson Enact Law and then Defend it, Sustain it with Passion..Give it Teeth !! Animals have nothing much here in Asia to support them but perhaps international pressure might assist our progress..be in touch..d

Candis Stern

Candis Stern I believe the most significant way the treatment/view of animals will change is through the law and our legislature (state and federal). That is why I support ALDF and have for about 12 years now.

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund Good news out of Denver, Colorado! A case challenging the breed ban will now proceed in the District Court.

Source: aldf.org
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently released an important decision allowing a case challenging the City of Denver, Colorado’s pit bull breed ban to move forward. The Animal ...
Mary
Mary
It is the pit abusers who need to be ban not the breed. People make the breed any breed agressive. My 90 pound pit is nurse to all the little abused dogs and will even let a baby chick on her back.
Karen
Karen
Agreed, Mary Lee Alen!
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund ALDF is working as part of a coalition to support the changes recommended in the National Research Council’s Toxicity Testing Report - an exciting new development that could spare many, many thousands of animals from being used in agonizing toxicity testing.

Source: aldf.org
I’m excited about a major development that could spare many, many thousands of animals from being used in agonizing toxicity testing.In 2007, the U.S. National Research Council (NRC) released a report ...
Nicole
Nicole
Exactly! Alternatives are not only humane but also cheaper and more effective...