This year, California is increasing its focus on animal welfare, with several new protection laws that took effect on January 1, 2026. The measures span a range of reforms, from increased veterinary ...

As 2026 begins, California is once again at the forefront of animal welfare, introducing a suite of new laws designed to ...

A University of California student has been ordered to serve 90 days in jail for breaking into a Sonoma County poultry slaughterhouse and freeing four chickens. Twenty-three-year-old Zoe Rosenberg of ...

A California animal welfare activist will serve 90 days in jail after taking four chickens from a major poultry facility in what she described as a rescue mission. According to The Associated Press, ...

An animal rights activist who stole four chickens from a Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse in California will have to serve jail time. Zoe Rosenberg, 23, was sentenced to 90 days in jail Wednesday, ...

A California animal rights activist has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after being convicted of conspiracy and trespassing for taking four live chickens from a Perdue Farms facility in 2023, ...

California has officially outlawed the practice of declawing cats after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 867 into law, a measure animal welfare advocates are calling a historic win for animal ...

The property owner allegedly claimed he wanted to open an animal rescue on the land, where officials found 14 dead animals Authorities seized 215 live animals, including sheep, goats, horses, pigs, ...

Assembly Bill 867 bans tendonectomy, onychectomy, or "any type of claw removal" procedures on cats. Declawing is "the cutting and amputating of the first joint (the toes) of a cat’s paw," and often ...

Zoe Rosenberg has a long history of animal rights activism. An animal rights activist who stole four chickens from a Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse in California will have to serve jail time. Zoe ...