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2006 State Animal Protection Laws Rankings 1 (2006)

handle is hein.animal/usaplr2006 and id is 1 raw text is: Animal Legal Defense Fund Releases First-Ever
State Animal Protection Laws Rankings
February 2006
Every state today has laws protecting animals from cruelty and neglect; however some
states have better laws than others. Following a detailed comparative analysis of the animal
protection laws of each state in the country, researching over two thousand pages of statutes
and tracking more than thirty different categories of provisions, the Animal Legal Defense
Fund has produced a first-of-its-kind report - a ranking of all fifty states and the District of
Columbia for the general comprehensiveness and relative strength of their respective animal
protection laws.' This ranking groups states into top, middle and bottom tiers, and also
includes a listing of the best five and worst five states.2
Each state has room for improvement in the various ways its laws protect animals,
says Stephan Otto, Animal Legal Defense Fund's Director of Legislative Affairs and producer
of the rankings, however, it is undeniable that some states do have stronger, more extensive
laws than others. We hope this report encourages states, especially those at the lower end of
the ranking, to refocus their attention on this problem and work harder at improving their
laws.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund plans to release these rankings on an annual basis.
Please contact your state legislators and encourage them to support improvements to the
laws that protect animals. For additional information, visit the Resources section at aldf.org.
1  Based on statutes enacted through 2005.
2 Within each category, states are listed in alphabetical order.
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