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Challenge the Wildlife Services for Failing to Comply with NEPA
In July 2017, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services agency for failing to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which requires the agency to…
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A Big Win in Our Battle Against Wildlife Services’ Tax-Funded Killing
Superior Court Judge Lydia Villarreal found in favor of a coalition of wildlife protection groups, including the Animal Legal Defense Fund, in its challenge to Monterey County, California’s contract renewal with the USDA.August 21, 2017 Press Release -
Wildlife Services is a Taxpayer-Funded Killing Machine – We’ll See Them in Court
It’s time for Wildlife Services to either retire its program entirely or otherwise rely on science-based methods that take the well-being of animals and the environment into account.July 12, 2017 News -
Lawsuit Prompts Wildlife Services to Temporarily Suspend Predator Kills in Nevada
In settling a lawsuit filed by conservation group WildEarth Guardians, the USDA's Wildlife Services Program will suspend operations and stop killing wild animals within six million acres of public land in Nevada.October 17, 2016 Animal Law Update -
Animal Protection, Conservation Organizations Sue Mendocino County in Response to Wildlife Services Contract Renewal
County violated California Environmental Quality ActJuly 27, 2015 Press Release -
Mendocino County Renews Controversial Contract with Wildlife-Killing Program
County will pay wildlife services to kill millions of wild animals each year.June 17, 2015 Press Release -
Animal Legal Defense Fund Urges Sonoma County to Void Contract with Federal Wildlife Services
Organization Points to Severe Cruelty and Dangerous Legal Violations in Agency’s Kill MethodsMay 16, 2013 Press Release