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Animal Legal Defense Fund Sues USDA for Denying Tony the Tiger is an “Individual” Protected by FOIA
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture for refusing to recognize a captive tiger as an “individual” whose physical safety is at risk and refusing to expedite the organization’s public records request.July 11, 2017 Press Release -
Candy the Chimp’s Case is Over, But Our Fight for Captive Animals Goes On
In 2015, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit under the [term word="Endangered Species Act"] against Sam Haynes Jr. and Dixie Landin’ amusement park, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for holding Candy the Chimpanzee in inadequate conditions.August 25, 2017 News -
The Animal Legal Defense Fund Mourns the Loss of Tony the Tiger
We are deeply saddened by the death of Tony, the Siberian-Bengal tiger held captive in the Tiger Truck Stop parking lot in Grosse Tete, Louisiana.October 17, 2017 Press Release -
Advocates Urge Court to Immediately Stop Army’s Illegal Seizure of Horses, Slaughter Plan
Animal advocates are fighting to stop the Army’s illegal roundup and sale of Louisiana’s wild horses pending their lawsuit’s resolution.January 9, 2018 Press Release -
Tulane University Law School: Collaborating to Make a Difference
The Tulane Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Chapter members began their fall with an unexpected hurricane evacuation but returned to New Orleans within a week, with our homes and spirits fully intact.May 1, 2009 Student Chapter Spotlight -
Monica Frois, Erin Pelleteri, and Brandy Sheely
The laws intended to protect animals in this country are only as strong as the people willing to defend them. Thankfully for a lonely tiger named Tony, there are legal professionals like Monica Frois, Erin Pelleteri, and Brandy Sheely.April 8, 2013 Pro Bono Spotlight -
Candy the Chimp Caged at Dixie Landin’
When the Animal Legal Defense Fund brought suit in 2015, Candy was a 50-year-old chimpanzee. She’d been held captive for decades, alone in a barren cage at Dixie Landin’, an amusement park in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.…
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Upholding Lousiana’s Big Cat Ban
The Animal Legal Defense Fund intervened in Tiger Truck Stop’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the big cat ban so that we could both defend the big cat ban and challenge the special law exempting Tiger Truck Stop from the ban. -
Revoke Permit for Tony the Truck Stop Tiger
On April 11, 2011, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and its secretary Robert Barham, arguing that he violated state law in granting a permit…
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Challenging the Army’s Eviction of Horses at Fort Polk
The Animal Legal Defense Fund is providing assistance for a lawsuit filed against the Army over plans to evict roughly 700 wild horses from a western Louisiana Army base and national forest areas.
