Litigation
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Litigation Table of Contents
2015
- Humane Slaughterhouses: Fact or Fiction
- FDA Ruling: Just Mayo Can Still Be Called Mayo
- Lawsuit Filed to Compel San Antonio Zoo to Release Elephant Lucky to a Sanctuary
- ALDF Sues USDA to Label Foie Gras for What It Is—Diseased
- Court Enjoins Enforcement of Unconstitutional Ag-Gag Law
- Foothill-Yellow Legged Frogs' Habitat Saved
- Montana Grizzly Bears Win Big In Court – Habitat Protected!
- 28 Years in the Slammer
- Big Win for Whales: U.S. Navy to Limit Sonar Use
- Friends of Animals files lawsuit to halt wild horse roundups in northwest Colorado
- Statement from the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos
- We're Not Discouraged: Here's Why
- Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos Lawsuit: Update and Media Coverage
- 2 Animal Activists Facing 6 Months in Jail for Protesting on the Sidewalk
- Hercules and Leo: Nonhuman Rights Project Update
- D.C. Mom Files Class Action Suit Against Circus for Misleading People
- Animal Activists’ Chalking Charges Have Been Dropped!
- Victories Just This Week from Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
- Idaho #AgGag Law Struck Down as Unconstitutional
- When Animal Cruelty Hits Close to Home
- Two Activists Accused of Freeing Animals are Charged as Terrorists
- Court Victory for Wilderness in the Arctic Refuge
- ‘Key. Out.’: Steven M. Wise Comments on Interview with Hercules and Leo’s Chief Jailer
- End Chicken Kaporos Lawsuit Filed In New York
- Court Awards over $13M in Premarin Lawsuit
- 'The Nonhuman Rights Project Has Arrived': Steven M. Wise on Recent Shows of Support for the NhRP (and the Opposition)
- ALDF Opens New Frontier for Animal Personhood as Scientists Create Human-Animal Chimeras
- Chimps Cooking … and Starving
- Hercules and Leo Hearing Wrap-Up
- Litigation for Liberation
- Elephant-Sized News: With Bamboo and Chai in San Diego, We Have Another Chance to SAVE them!
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Takes ‘Whale Wars’ to Supreme Court
- Pushing the Legal Envelope for Animals
- Historic Victory for Chimpanzees
- Court Rules Navy War Games Violate Law Protecting Whales and Dolphins
- Undercover Investigations Help Protect Farmed Animals
- Dangerous and Cruel Bull Run Vows Never to Return to California
- Federal Court Dismisses Nevada Cattlemen's Anti-Mustang Lawsuit
- Court Rejects Plan to Expand New Mexico Coal Mine
- Update on the Sandra Orangutan Case in Argentina
- Why is Telling the Truth a Criminal Act?
- Fate of Thousands of Monkeys in the Hands of Florida Judge
- Animal Baiting Scandal Triggers Public Debate About Proposed Trespass Law
- Feds restore protected status for Great Lakes wolves!
- Lawsuit Challenges Government's Large-scale Wildlife Killing in Idaho
- Ricky the Bear's Rescue
- Victory for Pine Nut Wild Horses
2014
- Believe It or Not...Sandra Orangutan Personhood?
- No Live Opossums in This Year’s ‘Opossum Drop’
- Court order puts Great Lakes wolves back on endangered species list
- Sandra Orangutan Declared a Person With a Right to Freedom
- Christmas Came Early: Great Lakes Wolf Hunting Ends Now
- Friends of Animals and Protect Mustangs intervene after Wyoming sues feds to reduce number of wild horses
- SHARK Sues the Salinas Rodeo
- The Difference between Common Law and Civil Law
- Understand the animal rights/welfare movement's 'half-a-loaf' problem (Part II)
- Critical Update from NonHuman Rights Project
- Understand the animal rights/welfare movement's 'half-a-loaf' problem (Part I)
- With Lawsuit Pending, Feds Cancel Idaho Wolf-killing Derby
- Maker of Hellman’s Mayonnaise Attempts to Crush Cruelty-free Alternative
- Victory for Oregon's First-Ever Dedicated Animal Cruelty Prosecutor
- LiveSafe: Mobile App to Report Animal Cruelty
- FBI Makes Animal Cruelty a Felony!
- Supreme Court leaves California foie gras ban intact
- ALDF Sues University of Wisconsin over “Maternal Deprivation” Experiments on Baby Monkeys
- Inside the Courtroom at Tommy’s Appeal
- Federal Judge Denies Wyoming’s Request To Regain Control of Wolf Management
- Makers of ‘Crush Porn’ Videos in Philippines Sentenced to Life In Prison
- Strong Action Against Animal Cruelty Prevents Other Serious Crimes
- Four People Prosecuted Under #AgGag Law for Photographing Factory Farm From the Road
- Victory: Federal Judge Reinstates Federal Protections Statewide
- Great News in the Lawsuit Against Idaho’s #AgGag Law
- Class Action Lawsuit in Canada: Premarin and Premplus Caused Breast Cancer
- BLM Delays Wyoming Wild Horse Roundup as Preliminary Injunction Motion Filed
- Livestock Auction Owner Convicted of Animal Cruelty Following Undercover Investigation
- Idaho Suspends Wilderness Wolf-killing Plan in Face of Court Challenge
- Lawsuit Filed To Stop BLM Roundup of Half of Wyoming's Wild Horses
- Animal Law: A World Phenomenon!
- Is Freeing Minks Terrorism? Questions We Should Be Asking Ourselves
- Animal Protection Groups Stop Coyote Killing Contest
- 2014 Canadian Animal Protection Laws Rankings
- Nestle Purina settles jerky lawsuit for $6.5 million recall
- Federal Judges Overturn Sim Lake Ruling in Landmark Animal Crush Video Case
- Quality Egg Fined Millions, DeCosters Plead Guilty
- Update on Appeals for Tommy, Kiko, Hercules and Leo
- ALDF Investigation Reveals Violations at Maryland’s Worst Breeding Facility Routinely Goes Unpunished
- To end this evil, end animal property
- The Supreme Court of India rules against animal abuse: Bans Jallikattu and Bullock cart racing
- Judge Orders NYPD to Provide Records on Carriage Horses to ALDF
- Nonhuman Personhood
- Q&A with Steven M. Wise About the Nonhuman Rights Project
- Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) is New York Times Magazine Cover Story
- Animal Legal Defense Fund, PETA Sue to Stop Dangerous and Illegal California Great Bull Runs
- Fourth National Animal Cruelty Prosecution Conference
- Animal Rights Activist Sentenced to 30 Months in Jail for Having Bolt Cutter in His Prius
- Dog Severely Burned - Justice for Zeus!
- United States v. Stevens: Win, Loss, or Draw for Animals?
- Virginia Handley: A Tribute
- IDA Reward Offer Leads to Conviction in Kitten Torture Case
- All 50 States Now Have Felony Animal Cruelty Provisions
- Animal Legal Defense Fund, PETA Sue to Stop Dangerous and Illegal California Great Bull Runs
- We’re Suing Idaho to Overturn #AgGag Law Against Filming Animal Cruelty
- SeaWorld Protester Pleads ‘Not Guilty by Reason of Necessity’
- Updates on Legal Rights for Nonhuman Animals
- Attack On Factory Farm Whistleblowers Goes Global
- Man Who Starved Pit Bull Gets Jail Time
- Animal Legal Defense Fund Appealing Ruling over Mistreated Pregnant and Nursing Pigs at State Fair
- Agreement Cancels 28 Timber Sales, Protects Rare Seabirds in Oregon
- Rhino Horn Poacher Case: Update
- Is Freeing a Duck Terrorism?
- Charge against COK Investigator Dropped, Criminal Cruelty Cases against 3 Employees at Quanah Continues
- Man Sentenced to One Year in Jail for Killing his Dog
- I witnessed and reported animal abuse… now being charged with a crime myself
- I’m a TED Fellow for 2014. Woo Hoo!
2013
- Federal Judge Allows Idaho Wolf Derby to Proceed
- Shut Down New York’s Carriage Horse Industry!
- Chimpanzee Personhood: What the Media Said
- A Victory for Snowy Owls
- New York Cases – Judges’ Decisions and Next Steps
- Is a Dying Dog an "Emergency"?
- First-Ever Lawsuit Filed for Chimpanzee Personhood
- November News from the Nonhuman Rights Project
- Why the Animal Rights Movement Is Still a Contradiction in Terms
- COK Undercover Calf Video Prompts Cruelty Charges
- Barred Owl Suit Filed
- Dairy company agrees to stop selling "overdrugged cows" to slaughterhouses
- Another Legal Victory for Greyhounds
- Two Victories for Southwestern Wolves
- Why ‘Experts’ Get So Confused about Legal Rights for Nonhumans
- Lawsuit Challenges Plan to Log 150,000 Acres of California Old Growth Forests
- Judge Grants TRO to Stop Sale of Wild Horses At NV Slaughter Auction
- Lawsuit Reveals Pictures of Dead Animals from Luck and The Hobbit
- Three Strikes On Canned-Hunting: Friends of Animals Help Spoil Yet Another Attempt By Hunters To Evade The Endangered Species
- Lawsuit Filed to Block Horse Slaughter
- Are You a Legal Person or a Legal Thing
- If You Love Prairie Dogs, You Need To Read This
- A Winning 2013 Legislative Season for Greyhounds
- The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Rebrands Constitutionally Protected Behavior as Terrorism
- Foie Gras is not Free-Speech – Court Slaps Down California Restaurant in Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Lawsuit
- Landmark “Ag Gag” Lawsuit Fights Threat to Freedom of Speech
- Horse cloning and horse slaughter fought in the Courts
- Court Upholds Ban on Importing Dead Polar Bears to U.S.
- Are You a Legal Person or a Legal Thing
- Who Protects Farm Animals?
- European Court rules against ADI on landmark nonprofit campaign advertising case
- Oregon’s District Attorneys Receive Grant to Help Prosecute Animal Cruelty Cases
- Judge Upholds PCRM's Request for Experimental Information
- Court Dismisses Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Lawsuit. Here’s How That Affects You
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Hands Down Ruling in Favor of Japanese Whale Poachers
- Sea Shepherd Takes Battle Against ICR to U.S. Supreme Court
- 2013 is here, and we are ready!
2012
- 'Popular Science' Predicts Nonhuman Rights a Top Story for 2013
- ALDF’s 2012 Compendium of Animal Protection Laws and the Animal Bill of Rights
- Next Year, With Your Help, We'll See You in Court!
- Great News in Oregon: Each Animal Counts!
- Activists win legal victory just as the circus comes to town
- Judge Agrees With IDA, Says Los Angeles Zoo Elephants Are Not Healthy, Happy, Or Thriving
- Another Law Enacted To Protect Frogs
- Equality for Humans; Equality for Nonhuman
- Settlement in Palm Springs lawsuit will mean improvements in conditions for homeless animals
- Activist Groups Sue USDA for Allowing Sale of Diseased Poultry
- Santa Cruz Hatchery Shutdown after Unprecedented Settlement Reached in Cruelty Case
- Advancing Animal Protection and Advocating for Animals
- Settlement in Clay County Lawsuit Will Mean Dramatic Improvements in Conditions for Kentucky's Homeless Animals
- Santa Cruz chicken hatchery sued for animal abuse
2003 - 2011
- Another victory for the free Tony the Truck Stop Tiger campaign: Judge rules in favor of ALDF
- 45-day Sentence for Killing Birds on Beach
- A Few Words about "The Future of Animal Law"
- Some Judges Who Stood Up for Animals
- New Lawsuit Challenges the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act as Unconstitutional
- Attending a Criminal Court Proceeding
- Analysis: Humane Methods of Poultry Slaughter Lawsuit Dismissed
- Victory for Belugas: Judge Kills Alaska's Anti-whale Lawsuit
- Another Historic First in Animal Law
- Another victory for the free Tony the Truck Stop Tiger campaign: Judge rules in favor of ALDF
- Jail and five-year ban for dog fighting brothers
- Animal Legal Defense Fund Urges Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to Revoke Illegal Permit for “Tony” at Iberville Parish’s Tiger Truck Stop
- Off-Duty Law Enforcement Officer Kills Neighbor's Chihuahua, States He Feared for His Safety
- "Vegans" Sentenced to Prison for Starving Child to Death
- Lawsuit filed over handling of wild horses
- Dutch Court Sides with Morgan the Orca...For Now
- Texas Calf Farm Owner Receives Probation, Fine for Cruelty to Animals Following MFA Investigation
- Australia Tells Japan: Stop Whaling or Face Court
- Animal abuse laws: Teaching compassion at the barrel of a gun
- Court Rules That Sea Turtles Need Stronger Protections After BP Oil Spill
- Polar Bear Victory, July 2011
- Court Upholds Endangered Species Act Protection for Polar Bears
- Happy Cows? Hardly...Lawsuit
- Pennsylvania Court Affirms the Obvious: Piercing Kittens is Animal Cruelty
- Legal Rights and Moral Rights
- Lifetime Ban on Owning Livestock!
- A Registry for Animal Abusers
- Stench and Cruelty: Factory Egg Farm Ruled a Nuisance by Federal Grand Jury
- Ohio Fresh Eggs Fined $635,000, Settles Pollution Claims
- Puppy Factories in Court
- Wild Horse Lawsuit Update
- Another Legal Victory for Greyhounds
- Parole Denied for Convicted Animal Abuser
- Making Headway in Animal Law
- Animal Legal Defense Fund files a class action lawsuit against Pet Store, Barkworks
- 2010 State Animal Protection Laws Rankings
- Animal Hoarder Sentenced to Jail and Psychiatric Evaluation
- Animal Hoarding: Florida Officials Find 340 Dead Animals on Property
- Alabama Dog Torturer Denied Parole; Victim Wags Tail
- Utah Prairie Dog Court Victory
- Conservation Organizations Win Right to Grazing Permittee Information
- Ranchers Lose Case Against BLM
- African Antelope Shielded From Safari Club and Trophy Tourists
- Patty Mark and Animal Liberation Victoria Sued by Animal Industry
- BP Turtle Tragedy - Update 9/1/10
- ALDF Grant Provides Necropsies of Chihuahuas
- "You Happened to Land in Front of a Judge Who has Compassion for Animals"
- Declaring Freedom for Animals from Harm, Illogic and Wrongheadedness
- Justice for Buddy - Man Sentenced for Dragging Death of Dog
- Birds Shielded From International Cage Trade
- Clarification on IDA's Wild Horse Roundup Lawsuit
- WildEarth Guardians’ Sues Feds to Save the Mexican Spotted Owl
- AETA 4 Case Dismissed, But Re-Indictment Possible
- Right, But For The Wrong Reason
- Whale Warrior “Captain Pete Bethune” Free to Return Home
- Animal Trainer Jeffery Loy Convicted of Animal Cruelty in NJ
- Lawsuit Stops BP From Burning Sea Turtles in the Gulf
- Are You the Terrorist Next Door? The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the Green Scare
- Former Agriprocessors Kosher Meat King Sentenced to 27 Years
- Are Zoos Prisons? Habeas Corpus Filed for Chimp
- Animal Law: Alive and Well in Michigan
- Appellate Court Delivers Blow to L.A. Zoo
- Arrested for Helping Dying Chained Dog
- Animals In Court
- Animal Rights Activists Win Rodeo Fight
- Search Warrants In Animal Protection Cases
- A Half-Full, Not Half-Empty Decision: United States v. Stevens
- Animals In Court
- California Milk Board Can't Be Sued for 'Happy Cows' Campaign
- PETA’s Lawsuit Against the CMAB
- Doctors sue Safeway and other dairy retailers
- Fast Food Suit
- Animal Laws and You
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