Animal Legal Defense Fund
American non-profit law organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Animal Legal Defense Fund is an American animal law advocacy organization. Its stated mission is to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. It accomplishes this by filing high-impact lawsuits to protect animals from harm, providing free legal assistance and training to prosecutors to assure that animal abusers are punished for their crimes, supporting tough animal protection legislation and fighting legislation harmful to animals, and providing resources and opportunities to law students and professionals to advance the emerging field of animal law. In addition to their national headquarters in Cotati, California, the Animal Legal Defense Fund maintains an office in Portland, Oregon.
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Founded | 1979; 45 years ago (1979) |
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Founder | Joyce Tischler |
Type | Nonprofit organization |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
Focus | Animal law |
Location | |
Area served | North America |
Method | Legal pursuit |
Members | 100,000+[1] |
Executive Director | Chris Green |
Key people | Joyce Tischler (Co-founder) Stephen Wells (Former Executive Director) |
Revenue | $6,760,000 (2007)[2] |
Website | aldf |