North Dakota has been ranked as the worst U.S. state for animal protection laws. The annual U.S. State Animal Protection Laws Ranking Report, released by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, analyzes each ...

Animal rights advocates are calling on the government to review and strengthen laws governing the protection of animals, arguing that the current legal framework is too weak to effectively deter acts ...

Portrait of sad tiger in a cage. Сaptive animal.© Elina Litovkina/Shutterstock.com Animal rights law emerged because traditional cruelty statutes failed to address widespread, institutional harm.

Legal advocates have pursued non-human personhood status for select species in several countries, but widespread legal recognition remains limited and rare. Because animals are legally classified as ...

North Dakota was ranked the worst for animal protection laws, while Oregon was ranked no. 1 for the third year in a row Other animal protection laws and trends have been recapped in this report, ...