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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Defenders of Wildlife, et al. v. National Marine Fisheries Service

Several endangered species of whales – including the extremely vulnerable right whale – are commonly entangled in fishing gear, which impedes movement and feeding and often causes fatal infections and drowning. Pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA), NMFS has been required to issue new Biological Opinions (BiOps) to consider the fisheries’ impacts since 2003. These BiOps would include measures to reduce entanglement risk. In May 2010, HSUS filed a lawsuit challenging NMFS’s failure to evaluate the impacts of four Northeast fisheries (the lobster, Northeast multispecies, spiny dogfish, and monkfish fisheries) on endangered whales. Our case alleged that NMFS’s delay in issuing the BiOps violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the ESA. In September 2010, the government agreed to issue new BiOps for the four fisheries by the end of October 2010, and agreed to pay HSUS reasonable attorney fees incurred in the lawsuit.

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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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Dr. Ellen Levine, The HSUS, et al. v. Johanns (Poultry slaughter)

Each year, over 9 billion chickens, turkeys, and other birds raised for food are slaughtered without the protection of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, simply because the U.S. Department of Agriculture doesn't recognize them as "livestock"

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Glaser v. Hall (Rocky Mountain Wolf Killing Rule)

The HSUS and other groups file suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's rule that allows three western states to kill half of the Rocky Mountain wolf population

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Hemy et al. v. Perdue Farms, Inc.

Proposed class action against Perdue Farms, Inc. alleges that Perdue is illegally marketing its factory farmed products as “Humanely Raised” in violation of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and other laws. The lawsuit seeks compensatory damages for consumers deceived and defrauded by Perdue’s marketing scheme and injunctive relief against further use of the “Humanely Raised” claim by Perdue.

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HSUS et al. v. Armstrong Farms (Egg factory farm water pollution)

The HSUS and a neighbor of Armstrong petitioned the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board to enforce water quality protection standards

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HSUS et al. v. Olivera Egg Ranch Inc. (Egg factory farm air pollution)

The HSUS and several Lathrop, Calif. neighbors have filed suit in federal district court in Sacramento against Olivera Egg Ranch over the toxic pollution

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HSUS v. HVFG, LLC (Foie gras factory farm pollution)

HSUS suit against major foie gras producer in New York for substantial Clean Water Act violations.

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