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This is your one-stop shop for all the latest news about SCIL campaigns, organizational events and other updates. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to stay in the know about everything that is being done to save and protect animals and how you can help.

August 10, 2026
This will be an inspiring evening with friends, supporters, elected officials, and special guests who share our determination to create a more compassionate world. Your ticket directly supports the work ahead, and we hope you’ll be there to celebrate what we’ve accomplished together.
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August 4, 2026
SCIL sponsored AB 2344 put on suspense file, a thank you & update on duck rescue, & latest Because They Need Us Podcast
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July 30, 2026
Email these two state senators today, urging them to vote YES on AB 1382, new special guest announcement for the upcoming Justice for Animals event, and plant-based milk is back in school!
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July 23, 2026
Special event coming up, Judie stands up for endangered species on the news, and call to action needed to STOP GMO animals!
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July 17, 2026
We have been working diligently with rescue group, the Funky Chicken Rescue, and advocates/whistleblowers, "The Duck Sanctuary Exposed," as well as law enforcement, including both San Diego and Riverside County's animal care and control departments, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, and the U.S. DOJ, to seek justice for the surviving 800 animals...
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July 2, 2026
AB 1722 is laying a path for ranchers and poachers to claim self-defense and thus be a "get out of jail free card," AB 1382, the Ethics Over Aesthetics Act, was sent to the "suspense" file in the Senate Appropriations Committee, plus Laguna Beach is hiring a new animal shelter manager!
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June 24, 2026
SCIL co-sponsored AB 2344 PASSES SENATE Public Safety Committee, SCIL opposed AB 1722 passes Senate Natural Resources Committee & attend premiere of "WE ARE ANIMALS" IN BEVERLY HILLS!
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June 18, 2026
Congressman Lieu's "The Keeping Pets and Families Together Act" and after Jameson: Why California Must Finally Pass Police-Dog Encounter Training ...
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June 16, 2026
SCIL Sponsored bill: AB 1382 (Castillo), the Ethics Over Aestetics Act, passes Senate Judiciary Committee,SB 1021 (Choi), a bill we are opposing which will encourage terminally ill children to kill animals, passes out of Assembly Water Parks & Wildlife Committee, Press Conference and more ...
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June 15, 2026
AB 2344 Los Angeles Press Conference, AB 1999 Passes Senate & Professions Committee, AB 1673 AMENDED to allow TEAR GASSING OF WOLVES!
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