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Animals News tagged with lawsuit

Feds Will Face Lawsuit for Denying Penguins Endangered Species Protections
Animals  (tags: emperor penguins, threatened, denied protection, lawsuit, conservation )

Simone
- 32 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
- 42 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
- 78 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
- 92 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
- 93 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
- 93 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
- 93 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
- 96 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
- 97 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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Lawsuit Alleges Discrimination Against Homeless People With Service Dogs
Animals  (tags: animals, homeless, service dogs, AnimalWelfare, discrimination, lawsuit, environment, protection )

Cher
- 111 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
The Southern California Housing Rights Center and the Disability Rights Legal Centerhave filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority over what they say are discriminatory practices toward homeless people who rely on service dogs.
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Dog Handler Sued Over 2 Cases of Scent Misidentification
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, scent, misidentification, lawsuit, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 111 days ago - dallasnews.com
The only dog handler in Texas who uses scent to identify suspects in crimes is named in two lawsuits amid increasing criticism of a practice that defense attorneys say can be hopelessly imprecise.
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Lawsuit Accuses Ringling Bros. of Abusing Elephants- VIDEO
Animals  (tags: ringling, lawsuit, mistreatement, circus elephant, bullhooked, abused, animal welfare, protection )

Simone
- 140 days ago - ktnv.com
In the circus, you see gentle giants donning funny outfits and performing tricks on tiny tubs. It's anything but an elephant's natural environment. "Should the elephants get out there and perform these tricks every day for the public so you
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Groups: US Moved Too Fast on Gray Wolf De-Listing
Animals  (tags: lawsuit, delisting wolves, wildlife advocates, groups, endangered, wolves.conservation, protection )

Simone
- 145 days ago - waow.com
Five organizations are suing the federal government over its decision to drop about 4,000 gray wolves in the upper Great Lakes region from the endangered species list. The Center for Biological Diversity and four other groups were preparing to file
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Amazon.Com Supports Animal Cruelty - Part III
Animals  (tags: amazon, depicting animal cruelty, dog fighting, animal fighting, lawsuit, animal welfare )

Simone
- 152 days ago - examiner.com
I provided a list of certain material sold on Amazon.com which depicts acts of animal cruelty. This material also "teaches" people how to breed, raise and train animals to fight. In these articles, I reviewed the suit filed against Amazon.com by the
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In the Name of "Tradition"
Animals  (tags: animals, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, humane slaughter act, lawsuit, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 154 days ago - pasadosafehaven.org
Pasado's filed suit against the State of Washington and the Washington Department of Agriculture. The suit seeks to eliminate the provision in the state humane slaughter act that permits religiously-motivated animal cruelty. The State responded to the
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