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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 Objects to Export of Former Ringling Circus Tigers
The Animal Legal Defense Fund strongly opposes Ringling's effort to condemn tigers to continued exploitation for "entertainment."March 25, 2017 Press Release -
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 -
Live Animal Mascots: A Tradition of Exploitation, Not Conservation
All tigers are classified as endangered species. They need meaningful conservation, not exploitation for entertainment.January 13, 2017 Legally Brief -
Good news for Alaska’s Wolves and Bears . . . Maybe.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued new regulations for Wildlife Refuges in Alaska that end some of the most egregious forms of wildlife killing in the state.August 24, 2016 Legally Brief -
Animal Legal Defense Fund Files Notice of Intent to Sue Three Federal Agencies Over Alleged ESA Violations
Lawsuit will allege government agencies ignored ESA, loan approval process for massive chicken factory farm.July 25, 2016 Press Release -
Florida Black Bears Petitioned for U.S. Endangered Species Act Protection
Estimated More Than 20 Percent of Population Lost in 2015March 17, 2016 Press Release -
Animal Protection Coalition Demands USDA Inspection of Imported Elephants Upon Arrival
Seventeen wild-caught African elephants scheduled to arrive in the U.S. today.March 11, 2016 Press Release -
Urging the Extension of Endangered Status to Captive Chimpanzees
In 2011, the Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted comments urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to extend endangered status to captive chimpanzees, along with all of the meaningful legal protections such a listing entails.…
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U.S. Zoos Request Import of African Elephants Under False Pretenses
Wild-captured elephants would be imported for profit, not conservation.November 24, 2015 Press Release
