• No Factory Eggs
  • Think Outside the Crate
  • Force-Fed Abuse
  • Petition for Poultry
  • Humane Eating

Litigation for Farm Animals

Animals used by the meat, egg, and dairy industries deserve more humane treatment under the law, and the existing laws that are meant to protect these animals must be strictly enforced. The HSUS actively works in the courts to ease the suffering of farm animals. 

Visit The HSUS's The Animal Protection Litigation Section, or click on the links below for stories about helping farm animals in the courts.

Related Links

New Jersey Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Landmark Case Addressing Farm Animal Welfare

Study on Foie Gras Disease Risks Prompts Expanded Humane Society Lawsuit

Court Upholds Chicago Foie Gras Ban

State Fines Foie Gras Factory Farm in Response to HSUS Lawsuit

Humane Society Serves Legal Notice of Massive Clean Water Act Violations on New York Foie Gras Factory Farm

Animal Protection Groups, Restaurants and Chicago Residents Move to Join Lawsuit to Support Chicago's Foie Gras Ordinance

HSUS Sues to Block Foie Gras Production in New York

Suit Seeking Humane Slaughter for Billions of Animals Allowed to Proceed

USDA Reverses Decades-Old Policy on Farm Animal Transport

New York Foie Gras Farms Challenged

The HSUS Files Suit to End California’s Battery Cage Tax Break

Still a Jungle Out There: The HSUS Takes USDA to Court to Ensure a Humane End for Birds

Pennsylvania Battery Egg Producer Charged with Animal Cruelty

MOARK Must Pay $100,000 and Overhaul Its Spent Hen Procedures to Settle Animal Cruelty Charges

Rare Bird: Missouri County D.A. May Be the First to File Animal Cruelty Charges against an Egg Producer

Loophole on Wheels: Trucks and the 28-Hour Law