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Animals News tagged with lawsuit

AK Governor Declares War on Polar Bears
Animals  (tags: alaska governor, lawsuit, federal government, protection, polar bears, greed, humans, oil )

Simone
- 4 days ago - gawker.com
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell wants the polar bears hanging out on top of his state's oil reserves to stop being so endangered. He's suing the feds to remove their "threatened" classification and help speed up development of oil fields.
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Mexican Gray Wolf Management Reclaimed By Government; Wolf Numbers in Arizona and New Mexico Too Small, Experts Say
Animals  (tags: mexican grey wolves, protected, lawsuit, environmentalists, populations, survival )

Simone
- 4 days ago - blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com
Management of Arizona and New Mexico's small population of re-introduced Mexican gray wolves will be returned to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service following a lawsuit by environmentalists.
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Bison Vs. Cattle Ranchers in Yellowstone
Animals  (tags: wild bison, lawsuit, buffalo, american icons, slaughtered, protection, federal government )

Simone
- 4 days ago - allgov.com
Bison by the thousands have been slaughtered by the federal government this decade to appease Montana ranchers, prompting a lawsuit from conservationists. About 3,500 bison have been killed in and around Yellowstone National Park since 2000 because of
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Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves Get a Boost on Road to Recovery
Animals  (tags: mexican wolves, lawsuit, conservation, protection, legalisation, recovering, suriving )

Simone
- 4 days ago - all-creatures.org
The Mexican gray wolf recovery effort took a pivotal turn in the right direction today as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reclaimed its decision-making authority over management of this highly endangered animal that roams Arizona and New Mexico's back
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Lawsuit Filed to Stop Condor-Killing Development, Save Tejon Ranch
Animals  (tags: Animal, environment, killing, condors, lawsuit )

Katie
- 7 days ago - ecoworldly.com
A lawsuit to overturn the approval of Tejon Mountain Village - a luxury development which will destroy fragile California condor habitat - has been filed by a coalition of environmental justice advocates, Native Americans, endangered species advocates....
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Conservationists File Suit Against Federal Agencies to End Bison Slaughter
Animals  (tags: yellowstone park, american icon, bisons, slaughtered, tragedy, federal agencies, lawsuit, protection )

Simone
- 10 days ago - commondreams.org
A coalition of conservation groups, Native Americans, and Montanans are suing the National Park Service for their role in slaughtering 3,300 wild American bison that inhabit Yellowstone National Park. Approximately 3,000 bison remain in Yellowstone
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Feds Will Face Lawsuit for Denying Penguins Endangered Species Protections
Animals  (tags: emperor penguins, threatened, denied protection, lawsuit, conservation )

Simone
- 45 days ago - commondreams.org
The Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration Network today notified the Department of the Interior of their intent to file suit against the agency for denying necessary protections under the Endangered Species Act for emperor and
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Lawsuit Aimed at Halting L.A. Zoo's Construction of Pachyderm Forest Exhibit Can Proceed, Appeals Court Rules
Animals  (tags: lawsuit, proceeeding, elephant exhibit, billy, zoo elephant, sanctuary )

Simone
- 55 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
There's a new development in the long and passionate struggle between animal lovers over the fate of the Los Angeles Zoo's Pachyderm Forest exhibit, as a three-judge panel of California's 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday to allow a lawsuit
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Woman Sues Zoo Over Splashing Dolphins
Animals  (tags: animals, dolphins, lawsuit, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 91 days ago - news.yahoo.com
A woman is suing a Chicago-area zoo for a 2008 fall near a dolphin exhibit, accusing zookeepers of encouraging the mammals to splash water and then failing to protect spectators from wet surfaces, local media reported on Thursday.
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Pet Store Slapped With $4.84 Million Judgment for Selling Sick Puppies!!
Animals  (tags: lawsuit, sick puppies, pet store, judgement, animal cruelty, court hearing )

Simone
- 105 days ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
Ah, you gotta love this! Pets of Bel Air, the now defunct former pet store to the stars has been slapped with a $.484 million judgment for selling sick puppies to unsuspecting customers. This should serve a a serious warning to all the pet stores out
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ACTION ALERT: IDA Files Grand Jury Complaint Against Los Angeles Zoo!!
Animals  (tags: zoo elephants, abused, tina, queenie, ida, lawsuit, los angeles zoo )

Simone
- 105 days ago - ida.convio.net
On August 4, In Defense of Animals (IDA) filed a civil Grand Jury Complaint against the Los Angeles Zoo. We seek an investigation of the zoo for gross malfeasance and unethical behavior in its actions to secure approval of a $42 million elephant exhibit
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Animal Abuser Avoids Felony Charge Due to Lack of Proof
Animals  (tags: animal abuser, lawsuit, no felony charges, starved, neglected animals )

Simone
- 105 days ago - seacoastonline.com
Prosecutors were unable to charge a habitual animal abuser with a felony because of a lack of proof, County Attorney Jim Reams said Thursday. The criminal history for Carol Pugh, 53, of 685 Portsmouth Ave., Greenland, could not be substantiated in
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Accused Killers of Washington Grizzly Bear Face Trial
Animals  (tags: grizzly bear killed, felony charges, lawsuit, endangered wildife, poachers )

Simone
- 105 days ago - kgw.com
Two men accused of shooting one of Washington's few grizzly bears are expected to appear in federal court next week, facing felony violations of the Endangered Species Act. Grizzly one of few in state The case stretches back to a hunting trip in
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Yellowstone Bear Lawsuits Going to Federal Court
Animals  (tags: lawsuit, endangered species list, yellowstone grizzlies, unprotected, massacred, protection, laws, legalisation )

Simone
- 108 days ago - billingsgazette.com
Now that mediation has failed, the government's decision to take Yellowstone's grizzly bears off the list of threatened species will be decided in federal court. Two cases are pending in Boise and one in Missoula challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
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Guide Dog Result Asserts Rights for the Blind
Animals  (tags: guide dog, lawsuit, court hearing, blind woman, accommodation )

Simone
- 109 days ago - scoop.co.nz
A two year fight for a blind woman who was denied accommodation because she had a guide dog is over, but it never should have happened, Labour disability issues spokesperson Lynne Pillay said today. "The battle has taken its toll on Tauranga woman
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