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 ...

February 22-28, 2026 is National Justice for Animals Week. It’s an important time for people to reconsider how legal systems treat animals. In most countries, the law still views animals as property ...

For the third time in a row, Idaho ranks as the 48th worst state for animal protection laws, according to the annual U.S. Animal Protection Laws Rankings Report published by the Animal Legal Defense ...

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, ...