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August 21, 2009
Conservation Groups Challenge Wolf Hunting
Conservation groups have asked a federal district court to block fall wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana.
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August 12, 2009
Federal Court Orders Water Pollution Case to Proceed Against Hudson Valley Foie Gras
A federal court in Manhattan has cleared the way for a lawsuit filed by The Humane Society of the United States charging the nation's largest foie gras factory farm with over 1,100 violations of the federal Clean Water Act. Ruling from the bench, Judge Harold Baer rejected Hudson Valley Foie Gras' motion for summary judgment, and ordered the case, which The HSUS filed in 2006, to proceed to discovery immediately.
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August 6, 2009
Cockfighting Death Knell
U.S. Postal Service announces its intent to stop mailing animial fighting mags, and "Feathered Warrior" goes under.
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August 5, 2009
Postal Service Cracks Down on Animal Fighting
The HSUS praised the U.S. Postal Service for announcing that it plans to amend its mailing standards to prohibit the shipment of publications that violate the animal fighting provisions of the federal Animal Welfare Act.
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August 5, 2009
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Roadless Area Protections
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed protection for almost 50 million acres of wild national forests and grasslands from new road building, logging, and development.
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July 23, 2009
Calif. Residents Ask Water Board To Address Pollution From Egg Farm
Central Valley residents and The HSUS have filed a petition concerning an egg factory farm's practice of dumping enormous amounts of manure next to a ditch that drains directly to the San Joaquin River. The waste is the result of Olivera Egg Ranch's intensive confinement of more than 700,000 hens in cramped cages.
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July 1, 2009
The HSUS and USDA Reach Settlement to Improve Animal Research Monitoring
The HSUS and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over access to annual reports of facilities conducting animal research.
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June 29, 2009
Settlement Restores Endangered Species Act Protections To Great Lakes Wolves
A coalition of wolf advocates led by The HSUS has reached a settlement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore federal Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in the Great Lakes region.
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June 25, 2009
The HSUS Asks Federal Appeals Court to Uphold Federal Animal Fighting Ban
The HSUS filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in federal appeals court, seeking to protect the nation's recently strengthened federal animal fighting law from a trivial constitutional challenge by individuals aligned with a national front group for criminal cockfighting rings.
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June 22, 2009
Federal Court Blocks Canned Hunting of Endangered Species
In a blow to trophy hunting groups, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today struck down a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule allowing sport-hunting of endangered antelopes at "canned" hunting facilities.
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June 15, 2009
Wildlife Protection Groups Challenge Great Lakes Wolf Delisting
Five wildlife protection groups filed a complaint in federal District Court challenging the removal of Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region. The nonprofit organizations —The Humane Society of the United States, the Center for Biological Diversity, Help Our Wolves Live, Friends of Animals and Their Environment, and Born Free USA — have also asked the court to issue an immediate injunction to halt the killing of wolves pending resolution of the case.
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June 15, 2009
Fla. Attorney General, The HSUS Ask US Supreme Court to Uphold Ban on Depictions of Extreme Animal Cruelty
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and The Humane Society of the United States, joined by half of the country's state Attorneys General, today filed "friend of the court" or amicus briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a crucial federal animal cruelty law struck down by the federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals last year.
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June 11, 2009
The HSUS, Broward County Humane Society Take Custody of Puppies From Bankrupt Fla. Pet Store
On Monday, notorious Florida-based puppy retailer Wizard of Claws filed for bankruptcy, resulting in the closure of the store and the seizure by the bankruptcy trustee of the remaining puppies. The HSUS brokered a deal to have all 32 dogs placed for adoption into permanent homes.
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June 2, 2009
Conservation Groups Challenge Northern Rockies Wolf Delisting
Conservation groups today filed their challenge to the removal of Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the Idaho and Montana.
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May 27, 2009
Judge Orders Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Infamous Fla. Puppy Dealers
A court has refused to dismiss several defendants from a major class action lawsuit against a south Florida puppy dealer known as "Wizard of Claws."
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May 11, 2009
NM Court of Appeals Rejects Bid to Resume Cockfighting
The HSUS and Animal Protection of New Mexico are hailing a decision by the New Mexico Court of Appeals upholding the state's law banning cockfighting.
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May 4, 2009
Dept. of Justice Joins Lawsuit Against School Lunch Supplier
The U.S. Dept. of Justice joined The HSUS's lawsuit against Hallmark Meat Packing and Westland Meat Company Inc.
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May 1, 2009
Meat Supplier Faces $150 Million Lawsuit for Using Sick, Injured Animals in School Lunch Program
A federal district court in Los Angeles unsealed a major False Claims Act lawsuit filed by The Humane Society of the United States. The suit, which the Department of Justice has joined, targets Hallmark Meat Packing and Westland Meat Company Inc. for the downed animal abuse scandal last year in Chino, Calif.
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April 23, 2009
Federal Court Orders Postal Service To Reconsider Mailing Illegal Animal Fighting Magazines
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to reconsider whether the mailing of certain animal fighting magazines should be banned by the service because they violate the federal Animal Welfare Act.
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April 20, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court to Review Animal Cruelty Law
The Supreme Court will review an appellate court decision that struck down the federal Cruelty Depictions Law as unconstitutional in a petition on dogfighting and "crush" videos.
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