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In this case, the Services will prepare an incidental take statement. Under most circumstances, the ESA prohibits "take" of listed species. Take includes harming, killing or harassing a listed species. However, the ESA allows for "incidental" take that results from an otherwise lawful activity that is not the direct purpose of the action.
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.
Every state in the union has anti-cruelty statutes. [7] 1910: Massachusetts passes a law to allow the Massachusetts SPCA to inspect slaughterhouses. [7] 1922: By this time, twenty states have passed laws requiring humane education in schools. [28] 1923: Intensive animal farming begins when Celia Steele raises her first flock of chickens for ...
This list of animal rights groups consists of groups in the animal rights movement.Such animal rights groups work towards their ideals, which include the viewpoint that animals should have equivalent rights to humans, such as not being "used" in research, food, clothing and entertainment industries, and seek to end the status of animals as property. [1]
Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) is an international grassroots network of animal rights activists founded in 2013 in the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] DxE uses disruptive protests and non-violent direct action tactics, such as open rescue of animals from factory farms. [ 2 ]
Animal welfare and animal rights legislation in the United States Pages in category "Animal welfare and rights legislation in the United States" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund's annual report comprehensively surveys animal protection laws of all U.S. states and territories. It is the longest-running and most authoritative report of its kind, assessing the strength of each jurisdiction's animal protection laws by examining over 4,000 pages of statutes.
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund is a 501 (c)(4) that works to influence elected federal officials to protect natural heritage and hold leaders accountable. The action fund is affiliated with Defenders of Wildlife and shares the same conservation goals. It conducts accountability campaigns, petition drives and grassroots advocacy.