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Join us. Help us protect: Animals Used in Research Captive Animals Companion Animals Farmed Animals Wildlife News San Francisco Fur Ban Upheld as Challenge is Dismissed Court dismisses International Fur Trade Federation’s complaint in victory for animals July 16, 2020 Wildlife Infamous Tiger Truck Stop Demolishes Cage That Held Tony the Tiger After multiple lawsuits filed and fought by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the Tiger Truck Stop has finally stopped exhibiting animals and tore down its cages. The Tiger Truck Stop, the infamous gas station in Gross Tete, Louisiana, held Tony — an endangered Siberian-Bengal tiger — from the age of 6-months until his death at the age of 17 in 2017. July 14, 2020 Captive Animals New White Paper Identifies Root Causes of Zoonotic Disease: Animal Exploitation June 30, 2020 Farmed Animals The Animal Agriculture Industry: Liability Proof? August 4, 2020 Farmed Animals San Francisco Fur Ban Upheld as Challenge is Dismissed Court dismisses International Fur Trade Federation’s complaint in victory for animals July 16, 2020 Press Release Infamous Tiger Truck Stop Demolishes Cage That Held Tony the Tiger After multiple lawsuits filed and fought by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the Tiger Truck Stop has finally stopped exhibiting animals and tore down its cages. The Tiger Truck Stop, the infamous gas station in Gross Tete, Louisiana, held Tony — an endangered Siberian-Bengal tiger — from the age of 6-months until his death at the age of 17 in 2017. July 14, 2020 Press Release New White Paper Identifies Root Causes of Zoonotic Disease: Animal Exploitation The Animal Legal Defense Fund, the preeminent legal advocate for animals, released the first in a series of white papers providing policy recommendations to reduce our heightened risk from zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 and the next global pandemic, which need only a human-animal interaction to arise. June 30, 2020 Press Release The Animal Agriculture Industry: Liability Proof? Earlier this summer, the driver of a pig transport truck struck and killed longtime animal advocate Regan Russell. The circumstances regarding her death are not fully known to the public, but top to bottom, the animal agriculture industry is rarely held accountable. August 4, 2020 News See More “ Animal cruelty does not occur in a vacuum, and the failure to fully examine its origins would likely lead to future criminal acts and the continued cycle of abuse and violence.” Hon. H. 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