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Justice for Animals Gala
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Lawsuit Raises the Stakes in Food Fight Over the Term “Meat”
Coalition challenges constitutionality of recent Missouri legislative restrictions on products that use the term “meat” on their labelsAugust 27, 2018 Press Release -
Animal Legal Defense Fund Offers $5,000 Reward in Case of Dog Killed in Sonoma County
Reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsibleAugust 13, 2018 Press Release -
En Banc Review Requested in “Monkey Selfie” Copyright Case
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s ruling that Naruto lacked statutory standing to sue under the federal Copyright Act.August 7, 2018 Animal Law Update
“ I think the public has made the decision that going and seeing the performance of orcas, that day has come and gone.”
Florida State Representative Jared MoskowitzCases
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Upholding Lousiana’s Big Cat Ban
MICHAEL SANDLIN AND TIGER TRUCK STOP, INC. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA ...., THROUGH ITS SECRETARY ROBERT J. BARHAM, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE SATE OF LOUISIANA, JAMES D. "BUDDY" CALDWELL, AND IBERVILLE PARISH THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT, J. MITCHELL OURSO, JR.
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Tony the Tiger: The Individual
USDC: ALDF v. USDA #17-cv-03903-PJH
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Endangered Species Act Challenge Regarding Lolita the Orca
PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS v MIAMI SEAQUARIUM
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