The Animal Protection & Rescue League investigates and exposes animal cruelty, educates consumers and policymakers, and litigates for animals in the courts. Protecting Animals. Promoting Compassion. www.aprl.org in SD and www.aprl-socal.org in OC. APRL's mission is to protect the rights and habitats of all animals. We focus particularly on the issue of factory farming, which is responsible for the intense confinement, bodily mutilation, and assembly line slaughter of 10 billion land animals per year in the U.S. alone.