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Advocating for Animals

• Find your Elected Officials
• Animal Protection Laws of the U.S. & Canada
• Working with Legislators
• Tips For Writing to Law Enforcement
• Legal Guide for Activists
• Model Animal Protection Laws Collection
• U.S. Jurisdictions With & Without Felony Animal Cruelty Provisions
• No Boundaries for Abusers: The Link Between Cruelty to Animals & Violence Toward Humans
• ALDF Legislative Posters
• 2008 Canadian Animal Protection Laws Rankings
• 2007 State Animal Protection Laws Rankings

Laws & Cases

• Animal Protection Laws of The U.S. & Canada
• Model Animal Protection Laws Collection
• Legal Advocates’ Manual For Animal Abuse Criminal Cases
• U.S. Jurisdictions With & Without Felony Animal Cruelty Provisions
• Confronting Animal Neglect - An ALDF Report on Current Law & Future Possibilities
• Solutions to Long-Term Cases in States Without Preconviction Forfeiture Provision
• 2008 Canadian Animal Protection Laws Rankings
• 2007 State Animal Protection Laws Rankings

When You Witness Animal Cruelty

• How To Help a Neighbor’s Neglected Animal
• What To Do About Substandard Conditions at Your Local Animal Shelter
• What To Do When You Find Animals in Substandard Conditions at a Pet Store
• What To Do in Cases Where Anti-Cruelty Laws Have Been Broken
• Animal Hoarding Facts
• Why Prosecutors Don’t Prosecute

When Your Companion Animal Has Been Harmed

• How To Find an Attorney to Help You With Your Animal-Related Issues
• What To Do When Your Companion Animal Has Been Injured or Killed
• What To Do When You Believe a Vet Has Harmed or Killed Your Companion Animal
• What To Do if a Companion Animal You Purchased Became Sick or Died Soon Afterwards
• What To Do in Cases Where Anti-Cruelty Laws Have Been Broken
• Damages for Death or Injury of an Animal
• The Legal Process In The U.S.
• Getting Through Grief
• Victim Impact Statements in Cases of Animal Cruelty

Other Issues Regarding Your Companion Animal

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 Sample Forms

Sample Foster Care Forms

• Foster Care Application
• Foster Care Agreement
• Foster Care Form Instructions

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 Bar Associations

Bar Association Animal Law Sections & Committees

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 Careers

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 Links

ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND - RESOURCE PAGE

WORLD ANIMAL NET DIRECTORY

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 Blogs

Animal Blawg

Animal Blawg, Transcending Speciesism Since October 2008

Animal Law Blog (Featuring a Practitioner’s Perspective)

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach

Best Friends Animal Society (The Legal Animal: News)

Center for Animal Law Studies Blog

Florida Animal Law Blog

Hounded, Cowed & Badgered (Animal Rights Perspective)

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 Animal Law Journals

Animal Law, Lewis & Clark Law School

Journal of Animal Law, Michigan State University College of Law

Journal of Animal & Environmental Law, University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law

Journal of Animal Law & Ethics (JALE), University of Pennsylvania Law School

Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, Affiliated: Stetson University College of Law

Stanford Journal of Animal Law & Policy, Stanford Law School

Animal Law eJournal, Syracuse University College of Law

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 Select Publications

The Animals’ Advocate - ALDF’s Quaterly Publication

Update - ALDF’s Attorney Publication

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 Select Books

• Check out the latest animal law titles available in Lewis & Clark’s Paul L. Boley Law Library.

Achor, Amy Blount. Animal Rights – A Beginner’s Guide: A Handbook of Issues, Organizations, Actions & Resources. Yellow Aprings, OH: Writeware, 1996.

Bean, Michael J. and Melanie Rowland. The Evolution of National Wildlife Law. 3rd ed. Westport, CT: Praeger Paperback, 1997.

Beck, Alan M. and Aaron H. Katcher. New Perspectives on Our Lives with Companion Animals. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983.

Beers, Diane. For the Prevention of Cruelty: the History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism in the United States. Athens, OH: Swallow Press, 2006.

Bekoff, Marc (ed.). Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.

Favre, David (ed.). Federal Wildlife Laws. Detroit, MI: Animal Legal and Historic Center, 2004.

Favre, David. Animal Law: Welfare, Interests and Rights. Detroit, MI: Animal Legal and Historic Center, 2003.

Favre, David. Animal Law: Welfare, Interest & Rights. New York, NY: Aspen Press, 2008.

Frasch, Pamela, Sonia Waisman, and Bruce Wagman (eds.). Animal Law: Cases and Materials. 3rd ed. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2006.

Goble, Dale D., J. Michael Scott, Frank W. Davis (eds.). The Endangered Species Act at Thirty: Renewing the Conservation Promise (Volume 1). Washington, DC: Island Press, 2005.

Lewin, Julie E. Get Political for Animals and Win the Laws They Need. Guilford, CT: National Institute for Animal Advocacy, 2007.

McCoy, Henry D. II. American and International Aquaculture Law. Peterstown, WV: Supranational Publishing Company, 2000.

Randolph, Mary. Every Dog’s Legal Guide: A Must-Have Book for Your Owner. Berkeley, CA: Nolo Press, 2005.

Regan, Tom. The Case for Animal Rights. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985.

Scully, Matthew. Dominion: The Power of Man, The Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2002

Singer, Peter. Animal Liberation. New York: Random House, 1975.

Sunstein, Cass and Martha Nussbaum (eds.). Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions. Oxford University Press, USA, 2005.

Wise, Steven. Drawing the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 2002.

Wise, Steven. Rattling the Cage. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 2000.

Wolfson, David. Beyond the Law: Agribusiness and the Systemic Abuse of Animals Raised for Food or Food Production. Watkins Glen, NY: Farm Sanctuary, 1999.