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Safari Club International v. Kempthorne, et al. (Polar Bears)
After the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, the extremist hunting group Safari Club International filed suit to undermine this protective measure. Faced with habitat loss and population decline, polar bears should not also have to contend with high-priced commercial trophy hunting.
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Strange v. Carnahan
Lawsuit filed by Missouri dog breeders challenging he Missouri Secretary of State's certification of the ballot initiative summary statement and the Missouri State Auditor's preparation of a fiscal impact statement related to a proposed citizen's ballot initiative titled the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act. The inititative would impose better humane standards on approximately 3,000 puppy mills.
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The Fund for Animals v. Hall (Wildlife refuge hunting)
More and more of our National Wildlife Refuges are being opened to recreational hunting. A recent court victory may help change this
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The HSUS et al. v. California State Board of Equalization (Battery Cage Tax Breaks)
California's Board of Equalization provides tax breaks to battery egg farms, which subsidizes abusive (and illegal) confinement for egg-laying hens
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The HSUS et al. v. Empire State Development Corporation, New York State Public Authorities Control Board and Hudson Valley Foie Gras (Foie gras subsidies)
New York State gives hand-out of $420,000 of public money to finance cruel force feeding of ducks at Hudson Valley Foie Gras.
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The HSUS et al. v. Gutierrez et al. (Bonneville Dam Sea Lions)
The Humane Society of the United States, Wild Fish Conservancy, and two individual citizens filed suit
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The HSUS et al. v. National Marine Fisheries Service
The HSUS and other conservation and animal protection organizations filed suit against the National Marine Fisheries Service for failure to respond to a petition to expand habitat protections for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale to include the whale’s nursery, breeding and feeding grounds. In areas designated as critical habitat, the federal government must take special precautions to ensure that activities such as oil drilling, commercial fishing, military training, and vessel traffic will not diminish the value of the habitat in a way that will impair the recovery of the species.
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The HSUS et. al. v. The Environmental Protection Agency (factory farming global warming petition)
The Humane Society of the United States and a coalition of environmental and public health organizations filed a legal petition with the Environmental Protection Agency seeking to regulate air pollution from factory farms.
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The HSUS v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al. (Animal fighting materials)
Amazon.com is selling animal fighting videos and magazines in violation of federal law
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The HSUS v. Andrew Marc et al. (FTC fur petition)
The HSUS has filed an FTC petition over falsely advertised and labeled fur garments.
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