Animal Agriculture

Animal agriculture is without question the single largest cause of animal suffering in the United States. Billions of land animals are slaughtered for food each year after short, brutal existences, and this does not even include incalculable numbers of aquatic animals whose numbers are so large they cannot even be measured as individuals. Millions more are confined and abused in cruel industries that exploit them for dairy, wool, and other products derived from their bodies. Every day, we use the legal system to resist this cruel industry. Read below for more details on our work to alleviate the suffering of animals used in agriculture.

  • Animal Partisan complaint prompts animal cruelty charge for abuse of lamb at slaughter

  • Complaint filed with Office of Inspector General over USDA allowing pattern of abuse at Iowa pork plant

  • Appeal challenges FBI’s denial of public records request exploring connections with the animal agriculture industryNew List Item

  • Cruelty complaint filed against Virginia slaughterhouse for shooting pig four times in head

  • Complaint filed against Pennsylvania pork company over abuse of pigs during delivery for slaughter

  • Criminal complaint filed against major turkey producer for animal cruelty

  • Cruelty charges sought against Wisconsin meat packing company for breaking steer’s tail during slaughter

  • Consumer protection complaint filed against American Humane alleges deceptive trade practices

  • Complaint seeks cruelty charges against Alaska slaughterhouse for shooting yak 15 times in the head

  • Lawsuit alleges FBI violated Freedom of Information Act by withholding records of collaboration with animal agriculture industry

  • Petition requests new rules regulating the transportation of poultry in Virginia

  • Animal Partisan petitions USDA for policy statement clarifying role in enforcing state cruelty laws

  • BLOG: Burned Alive: Thousands of Cows Burn to Death as Fuel for Flawed Factory Farming System

  • Complaint filed against Colorado lamb slaughterhouse over botched stunning

  • VICTORY: FOIA Council sides with Animal Partisan in public records dispute with Virginia Department of Agriculture

  • Complaint targets Ohio State Highway Patrol misconduct at scene of piglet truck accident

  • Lawsuit filed against Colorado State University over deleted videos of cattle at slaughter facility