Animal Rights

By lilliejones

  • The Lacey Act

    enforces civil and criminal penalties for the illegal trade of animals and plants.

  • Animal Welfare Act

    the primary federal animal protection law. The AWA covers animal carriers, handlers, dealers, breeders, and exhibitors in places like zoos, research laboratories, and puppy mills.

  • The Endangered Species Act

    protects threatened or endangered mammals, birds, fish, plants as well as their ecosystems.

  • The Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act

    bans the production, distribution or sale of videos depicting animal cruelty.

  • The Shark Conservation Act

    amends previous acts to strengthen the U.S. ban on shark finning, which kills an estimated 73 million sharks each year.

  • The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act

    makes forms of animal cruelty a federal crime.