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Research Breeding Facility: Ruby Fur Farm
In 2018, the Animal Legal Defense Fund asked the USDA to revoke Ruby Fur Farm’s license, issue the maximum penalty allowable against the breeding facility for its violations, and stop purchasing animals from the facility for use in USDA research. -
Animal Advocates Announce Intent to Sue Maryland Roadside Zoo for Violating Endangered Species Act and State Animal Cruelty Law
The notice letter offers to assist with the relocation of the animals to sanctuaries but cautions that the Animal Legal Defense Fund will file the lawsuit if illegal conditions persist.April 24, 2018 Press Release -
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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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 Legal Defense Fund Sues Animaland Zoological Park Over Endangered Species Act Violations
Lawsuit also charges neglect under state regulations.March 9, 2016 Press Release -
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 -
The Animal Legal Defense Fund Supports a Fur Free West Hollywood
Today, the Animal Legal Defense Fund has again stepped up for animals by speaking out in support of West Hollywood’s historic, first-in-the-country ban on the sale of products made from fur within city limits.March 6, 2015 News -
Humboldt and Mendocino Counties Urged to Void Contract with Secretive, Inhumane Wildlife Services
Indiscriminate Killing, Environmental Destruction and Legal Violations Spark ControversyJune 30, 2014 Press Release