The Animal Protection and Rescue League (or APRL) is an American

United States

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 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works to document and expose cruelty inflicted on animal

Animal

Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and...

s behind closed doors, particularly in factory farms

Factory farming

Factory farming is a term referring to the process of raising livestock in confinement at high stocking density, where a farm operates as a factory — a practice typical in industrial farming by agribusinesses. The main products of this industry are meat, milk and eggs for human consumption...

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APRL has garnered the attention of national and international media

Mass media

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, and has brought its concerns about animal cruelty to the attention of the public.

Current projects

• Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty

APRL is a member of Californians for Humane Farms, a coalition of animal protection groups working to pass the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act—an initiative that will appear on California's November 2008 ballot. APRL led the signature gathering phase of the campaign in Southern California

• Yes on Prop 2 (Farm Animal Cruelty Prevention Act)
• Stop Foie Gras
  Foie gras
  Foie gras ; French for "fat liver") is a food product made of the liver of a duck or goose that has been specially fattened. This fattening is typically achieved through gavage corn, according to French law, though outside of France it is occasionally produced using natural feeding...
  
  
• College Outreach (Leaflet distribution encouraging becoming vegan at college campuses)
• Festival Outreach (APRL sets up information tables about animal issues at festivals in Southern California)
• Ban Veal
  Veal
  Veal is the meat of young cattle , as opposed to meat from older cattle. Though veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed, most veal comes from male calves of dairy cattle breeds...
  
   Production
• End Wildlife Poisoning (implement humane alternatives to squirrel baiting and poisoning)
• Spay and Neuter
  Neuter
  Neuter is a Latin adjective meaning "neither", and can refer to:* Neutering, the sterilization of an animal* The neuter grammatical gender-See also:*Trap-Neuter-Return , an alternative to euthanasia for managing feral cat and dog populations...
  
   Your Cats and Dogs
• Go Vegan
• Save the La Jolla Seals

Legal

Animal Protection and Rescue League et al. v. The State of California et al.

An injunction was granted to place a guideline rope on the La Jolla Children’s pool beach to
protect seals and their pups until May 30, 2008.
The injunction was filed March 10, 2008.

External links

• APRL home page
• Issue specific site: veganswers.com
• http://www.aprl.org/campaigns.php
• http://childrenspool.org/legal/2008-03-10-order-granting-appellants'-motion.pdf