ACI/SPCA:

Animal Cruelty Investigations is a California corporation dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to farm animals. ACI is authorized by law to enforce California's anti-cruelty statutes.

ACI makes farm animal protection its priority and provides much needed humane protection for farm animals under the law - especially in areas where humane enforcement is minimal, or non-existent.

Working with other animal protection organizations, and law enforcement agencies, ACI works to protect farm animals through cruelty investigations, humane enforcement efforts and the seizure of abused and neglected farm animals.

SB 1417

The California Legislature has recently introduced a bill, SB 1417, which would seriously curtail both the formation of humane societies and their ability to appoint certified humane officers. Organizations like ACI, which is a private, nonprofit SPCA, would be put out of business if this bill is allowed to pass. Unfortunately, there are some powerful backers of this bill including the Sheriff's Association and this bill has already gained traction, but we can stop it with your help. Please act before Tuesday, June 22 when it's scheduled for the Assembly Judicial Committee. If passed there, it will go to the state Senate floor...[read more]

Calf Destined for Death Saved by ACI!

LOS ANGELES COUNTY- It's a dark and rainy Saturday morning as ACI'S undercover officer arrives at the livestock auction, the crossroads for farm animals destined for slaughter. Every week, thousands of farm animals are transported to livestock auctions, sold and transported again throughout the United States and abroad. Here, animal welfare is a low priority and injured animals are frequently overlooked.

In addition to several goats and a large hog in a tight pen, our investigator counts four calves at this auction. One is only two days old. All are shivering from the frigid temperatures. Their harrowing adventure started hours, possibly days earlier, and entailed electric prods, helicopters and ATVs, all working to separate them from their mothers as well as from their natural hierarchical structure among the other cows. The ACI State Humane Officer is the first friendly face they're likely to see. From the time they set foot on the auction property until the cattle are reloaded on trucks or train cars, ACI officers monitor the animals, making sure they are fed, watered, handled humanely and free of injury...[read more]