What is the Alliance?

The Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation, founded in 1990, is a non-profit organization working to bring positive change for animals through legislative means. Our efforts are combined with the actions of concerned individuals, other groups, organizations and agencies interested in the enactment and/or protection of animal welfare laws.

Our goals include increasing public awareness regarding the plight of animals, addressing problems with appropriate legislation, and providing information to the proper authorities to ensure enforcement of the laws. As the only organized animal welfare lobbying group in Missouri, the Alliance is dedicated to furthering animal welfare issues by achieving these goals.

The Alliance concentrates its efforts on state legislation. We draft and introduce legislation and track its progress through the Missouri General Assembly. We educate legislators regarding the issues surrounding legislation, and support (or oppose) additional animal related legislation proposed by other organizations. The Missouri Legislature is in session each year from January through May. During that time we attend and testify before committees, provide supporting documentation when needed, meet with legislators and issue action alerts to our supporters for their help.

We also sponsor Humane Day and Lobby Day at the Capitol. These increasingly popular events draw representatives from animal shelters and humane organizations as well as concerned citizens from across the state to meet and lobby their state legislators.