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Putting the Spin on Flying Elephants to Omaha
Three American zoos have orchestrated a fairly tricky sleight-of-hand to remove 18 African elephants from their native grasslands and plant them in expensive faux-habitat exhibits in the U.S.December 1, 2015 Legally Brief -
Class-Action Encouragement: Barkworks’ Case Brings Puppy Mills Into Focus
It’s difficult to imagine why we tolerate puppy mills that churn out thousands of sick dogs each year for profit.November 16, 2015 Legally Brief -
Legally Brief: The Cruel Mechanics of Cecil’s Agonizing Death
In June of this year, Walter Palmer, a Minnesota dentist, paid $50,000 to a professional hunting guide in Zimbabwe. Palmer later claimed that he believed this fee would give him the legal right to kill an…
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Legally Brief: Animals in Entertainment
Barnum bought Jumbo the elephant from the London Zoo in 1882 and had her shipped across the Atlantic so he could haul her across the country in chains as a spectacle for profit. -
Legally Brief: 5 Ways the Animal Legal Defense Fund Is Challenging Factory Farming of Animals
Here are 5 ways the Animal Legal Defense Fund is challenging factory farming’s free ride.April 23, 2015 Legally Brief -
Legally Brief: Animal Legal Defense Fund Leads the Way in Farmed Animal Litigation
When I became executive director of the Animal Legal Defense Fund 15 years ago, one of the first things I did was commit to developing the Animal Legal Defense Fund's litigation team.April 2, 2015 Legally Brief -
Legally Brief: L.A. Animal Law Symposium
Recently, we told you about the shocking results of an investigation of horrendous cruelty to animals used in taxpayer-funded, government-supported experiments.February 6, 2015 Legally Brief -
Legally Brief: Animal Protection and Human Population Growth
In the past 50 years, my own lifetime, the human population has more than doubled from about 3.2 billion to more than 7 billion. This raises some pressing questions.January 16, 2015 Legally Brief
