Animal Legal Defense Fund

Animal Legal Defense Fund
Founded1979; 45 years ago (1979)
FounderJoyce Tischler
TypeNonprofit organization
Legal status501(c)(3)
FocusAnimal law
Location
Area served
North America
MethodLegal 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]
Websitealdf.org

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.

  1. ^ About Us Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Retrieved August 29, 2008
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Retrieved September 4, 2014