ASPCA, The Fund for Animals, et al. v. Ringling Brothers, et al. (Circus elephants)

Witnesses and former circus employees have testified that elephants are subjected to abusive training methods in violation of the Endangered Species Act

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Aurora Dairy Corp. Organic Milk Marketing & Sales Practices Litigation

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Californians for Humane Farms v. Schafer (Prop 2 Funding)

Agency documents reveal plans to misappropriate millions of federal funds to influence voter opinion on California farm animal welfare ballot initiative

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Cavel International, Inc. v. Madigan (Illinois horse slaughter)

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the Illinois state law banning horse slaughter.

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Claddie Savage v. Steve Prator (Louisiana cockfighting)

In January 2006, the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld a Caddo Parish ordinance banning cockfighting, reversing two lower court decisions

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Defenders of Wildlife, et al. v. Hall, et al. (Rocky Mountain Wolf Delisting)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service???s decision to delist the northern Rocky Mountain population of gray wolves

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Defenders of Wildlife, The HSUS v. Gutierrez, et al. (Right Whale Entanglement)

The HSUS filed suit to force NMFS to publish long overdue modifications to fishing gear regulations to protect endangered whales

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Defenders of Wildlife, The HSUS, et al. v. Gutierrez, et al. (Right whales II)

Despite promising the court during the first round of litigation that the agency would issue final rules by June 2007, the agency continues to refuse to act

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Defenders of Wildlife, The HSUS, et al. v. Gutierrez, et al. (Right whales)

The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is the rarest of all large whale species. Even though federal agencies know the tiny population faces grave danger from ship strikes, they refused to enact emergency regulations to protect the whales

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Defenders of Wildlife, The HSUS, et al. v. Navy (Navy Training Range)

Plaintiffs challenge the Navy’s decision to install an Undersea Warfare Training Range adjacent to calving grounds for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.

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