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Case Update: Fighting USDA for Animal Welfare Records
Forcing animal protection organizations to rely on FOIA requests is a significant burden that takes months, even years, to process.September 21, 2017 News -
Animal Legal Defense Fund Appeals Dismissal of Lawsuit Against USDA Over Blackout of Animal Welfare Records
The Animal Legal Defense Fund appealed a court’s recent decision to dismiss its lawsuit against the USDA for removing tens of thousands of animal welfare records from the agency’s website.September 13, 2017 Press Release -
Tell the USDA to stop rubber-stamping Animal Welfare Act licenses
The USDA is considering changes to the way it grants Animal Welfare Act (AWA) licenses, and now you have the opportunity to weigh in on the issue.August 24, 2017 News -
Animal Coalition Pledges to Appeal Dismissal of USDA Animal Welfare Blackout Lawsuit
The lawsuit charges that the USDA’s removal of tens of thousands of animal welfare records violates both the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).August 15, 2017 News -
Animal Legal Defense Fund Puts Texas Canned Hunting Operations in the Cross Hairs
National Nonprofit Urges U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Deny Permits to Hunting ‘Ranches’June 28, 2017 Press Release -
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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Animal Legal Defense Fund Urges USDA Inspection for Tony the Tiger
Truck Stop Tiger’s Potential Failing Health Requires Immediate Government InterventionApril 11, 2017 Press Release -
Animal Legal Defense Fund Files Motion to Restore USDA Animal Welfare Documents
Coalition Seeks Court Order Requiring Renewed Public Access to USDA DatabasesMarch 29, 2017 Press Release -
Urging the USDA to Stop Rubber-Stamping Animal Welfare Act Licenses
In 2017, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began considering changes to the way it grants Animal Welfare Act (AWA) licenses. The Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted comments, urging changes to the process — specifically,…
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Coalition of Animal Protection Organizations Sues USDA for Animal Welfare Blackout
Lawsuit argues removal of online animal welfare records violates the Freedom of Information Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.February 22, 2017 Press Release
