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- ADLA was a supporting organization of Proposition 204, The Humane Treatment for Farm Animals Act, which bans gestation and veal crates in Arizona. Prop 204 prohibits the cruel and inhumane practice of confining calves and pigs in crates so small they cannot even turn around and extend their limbs. In the 2006 landslide election, Arizona voters passed Prop 204 by a 62% to 38% margin.
- ADLA
led the opposition to a night-hunting proposal placed
before the Arizona Game and Fish Commission in 2002.
The hunter-backed proposal, if passed, would have
allowed hunting of coyotes, foxes, and other furbearing
animals 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a
year.
- ADLA
monitors and has challenged abuses in the greyhound
racing industry at tracks and labs. In 2002, ADLA
members led the animal protection community's opposition
to Proposition 201, successfully defeating the racetrack-back
initiative that would have resulted in an increase
in the cruel sport of greyhound racing in Arizona.
- ADLA
helped relocate an entire prairie dog colony when
urban development threatened to destroy its habitat.
A total of 179 animals were spared death by poison.
- ADLA
supported statewide efforts which resulted in a law
banning the cruel bloodsport of cockfighting in Arizona.
- ADLA
scrutinizes laboratories, zoos, circuses and other
facilities regulated by the Animal Welfare Act to
help insure compliance with the law.
- ADLA
monitors the Arizona Game and Fish Department and
challenges unsound wildlife management practices.
- ADLA
has provided over 50,000 referrals to low-cost sterilization
services and provided funding for 4250 spay and neuter
operations in an effort to decrease the number of
homeless and unwanted animals in our state.
- ADLA
investigated the illegal sale of dogs to a laboratory
which resulted in administrative prosecution of the
dealer by the USDA.
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