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Animal Protection Group Sends Notice of Intent to Sue to Pennsylvania Roadside Zoo
The Animal Legal Defense Fund sent notice to Farmers Inn in Sigel, Pennsylvania declaring its intent to sue the roadside zoo for maintaining animals in squalid conditions in violation of the Endangered Species Act and state wildlife protection laws.August 7, 2018 Press Release -
Animaland Zoological Park
In 2016, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed suit against the Animaland Zoological Park in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. The Animal Legal Defense Fund argued that Animaland’s poor treatment of a gray wolf named Bear and a Siberian…
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2016-2018: Captive Wild Animals
Illegal trafficking in rare and exotic wild animals is a $10 to $20 billion-a-year business, the profits of which come at the expense of broken families and countless injured and/or dead animals. -
Protecting Puerto Rico’s Captive Animals
Puerto Rico’s only official zoo, Dr. Juan A. Rivero National Zoological Park, gained international attention last year for its abysmal conditions.April 9, 2018 News -
The Individual Within the Whole: Considering the Wellbeing of Individual Animals in Environmental Reviews
Do environmental reviews have to consider the well-being of individual animals rather than considering only how an action impacts a species’ overall population numbers?March 28, 2018 News -
King Kong Zoological Park
In 2014, the Animal Legal Defense Fund brought a lawsuit against the King Kong Zoological Park, an unaccredited roadside zoo in Murphy, North Carolina. The lawsuit alleged that King Kong’s inhumane treatment of its captive animals…
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Ricki the Bear Caged at Pennsylvania Ice Cream Shop
For 16 years, Ricki, a black bear, lived alone in a small, concrete enclosure outside of an ice cream shop in Pennsylvania. At Jim Mack’s Ice Cream Shop, Ricki was not only deprived a comfortable habitat…
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The Border Wall: Disastrous for Wildlife
The federal government wants to replace the San Diego border wall with a staggering 30-foot wall, threatening the lives of animals living in habitats that transverse the U.S.-Mexico border.September 14, 2017 News -
Act Now to Protect Animals in Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuges
Alaska’s wildlife is under attack and we need you to be their voice.March 6, 2017 News -
King Kong Zoo Permanently Shut Down After Being Sued by The Animal Legal Defense Fund
Consent Decree Closes Unaccredited Roadside Zoo and Bars Owner from Working with Wild AnimalsFebruary 23, 2017 Press Release
