ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA

Engages in legislative activities to protect animals, including stopping measures that would remove farm animals from cruelty law protection, supporting ballot measures banning leghold traps, cockfighting, and cruel confinement, and defeating legislative referrals that would weaken citizens' initiative rights. The organization also advocated for HB2323, prohibiting insurance discrimination based on dog breed, and helped pass HB2671, a felony animal cruelty law.

Advocates at the state level to strengthen animal protection laws and prevent weakening of existing protections. Successfully stopped legislative measures that would have removed farm animals from Arizona’s animal cruelty laws, helped pass HB2671 (felony animal cruelty law), and advocated for HB2323 to prevent breed-based insurance discrimination. Also secured $550,000 in state budget funding for spay/neuter surgeries across Arizona.

Supports grassroots efforts to pass ballot measures that protect animals, including bans on leghold traps, snares, poisons on public lands, cockfighting, and cruel confinement in factory farms. Also helped defeat legislative referrals that would have weakened citizens’ initiative rights on wildlife issues.

Engages the community through informational tables at events and recruits and organizes volunteers for various roles including trap depot hosting, clinic check-in support, transport, and aftercare for TNR operations in Maricopa County.

Recruits and organizes volunteers for various tasks, including office support and specific roles within the Trap-Neuter-Return program such as trapping, transport, aftercare, trap depot hosting, and clinic check-in support.

Provides comprehensive Trap-Neuter-Return services for outdoor cats in Maricopa County, including trapping, transportation to clinics, scheduling spay/neuter appointments, and post-surgery aftercare. The program sterilizes between 10,000 and 15,000 outdoor cats annually and has sterilized over 150,000 since 2009. Runs the annual "Fall for Felines" campaign from September to December with a goal of trapping, neutering, and returning at least 2,500 cats each year.

Provides Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) services for outdoor cats in Maricopa County, including scheduling appointments, transporting cats for medical care, and offering cat trapping services. The program sterilizes between 10,000 and 15,000 outdoor cats annually and has sterilized over 150,000 since 2009. This includes an annual "Fall for Felines" campaign to promote TNR.

Secured $550,000 in state budget funding specifically for spay and neuter surgeries across Arizona.

Utilizes volunteers for office support tasks, helping to sustain organizational operations and program delivery.

Operates a spay and neuter clinic and provides access to low-cost spay and neuter clinics for pets. The Spay Neuter Hotline, operated by the organization, has contributed to a decrease in unwanted animals in Arizona shelters since 1991.

Operates a dedicated spay and neuter clinic and supports low-cost access to spay/neuter services for pets. Also runs the Spay Neuter Hotline, which has contributed to reducing the number of unwanted animals euthanized in Arizona shelters since 1991.

Runs a wildlife campaign and has worked on behalf of wildlife since 1987, including supporting grassroots ballot measures that led to bans on leghold traps, snares, and poisons on public lands.