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The largest American animal nonprofit, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), is an animal welfare organization. PETA, Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM), [75] and Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) [76] are animal rights organizations based in the U.S.
Settlers adopt the first known animal welfare laws in North America. [5] 1800-1914: The first American state anti-cruelty laws and animal protection organizations appear. [6] Anti-vivisection organizations form but do not result in any major regulations on animal experimentation. [7] 1914-1966
Pages in category "Animal welfare and rights legislation in the United States" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A growing number of state and local bar associations now have animal law committees. [7] The Animal Legal Defense Fund, founded in 1979, was the first organization dedicated to promoting the field of animal law and using the law to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals.
Certain forms of animal-rights activism, such as the destruction of fur farms and of animal laboratories by the Animal Liberation Front, have attracted criticism, including from within the animal-rights movement itself, [16] and prompted the U.S. Congress to enact laws, including the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, allowing the prosecution of ...
Clarifying the law on aggravated cruelty toward animals. Enacting “Tucker’s Law” (allows judge to order consecutive or concurrent sentences when an individual is convicted of multiple counts ...
The American Animal Cruelty Investigations School was established in the United States with the mission to provide law enforcement and animal care and control professionals training in the area of animal cruelty investigations.
The Animal Welfare Act (Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966, Pub. L. 89–544) was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 24, 1966. [1] It is the main federal law in the United States that regulates the treatment of animals in research and exhibition. Other laws, policies, and guidelines may include additional species ...