Animal Legal Defense Fund

Type: Organization

Name: Animal Legal Defense Fund

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Stephen Wells: Lolita: a Lonely Life at the Miami Seaquarium

In the notorious 1970 Penn Cove round up in Puget Sound, Washington, seven wild orcas were kidnapped from the seas to become entertainment draws at aquatic theme parks. Lolita was one of these orcas. Four calves and one adult female died in the horrific ... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Miami (Florida, United States), Animal Legal Defense Fund, Endangered Species, Animal Welfare Act

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Lawmakers Discuss 'Animal Abuser Registry'

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Lawmakers are discussing a way to keep animals safe. They're continuing to talk about an "animal abuser registry" that would prevent abusers from purchasing pets from animal shelters. O"We already got a commitment by the Animal ... [Published WLNS - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Animal Legal Defense Fund, Abuse, Database

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 2 reports

LaSalle (automobile)

Furry Babies Sued for Selling Puppy Mill Dogs

Furry Babies, which operates stores at the Aurora Fox Valley Store, Louis Joliet Mall and elsewhere in Illinois, has been sued for violating state consumer protection laws by allegedly selling sick dogs obtained from puppy mills.The lawsuit was filed ... [Published Montgomery Patch - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Lawsuit, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Joliet (Illinois, United States), LaSalle (automobile), Malformation

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Care2

Foie Gras Doughnuts Served in California, Ban be Damned

Though California has banned the sale of foie gras, residents of San Jose and Campbell will be eating foie gras doughnuts on Friday, June 7th.Foie gras is made from the diseased, fatty livers cut out of young geese or ducks. The livers don?t become sick ... [Published Care2 - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Animal Legal Defense Fund, amyloidosis, Labour Union (PL), Care2

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Spielberg-like, on the go

_ iMovie ($4.99 for iOS)What it is: An app that transforms stills and video into movies and Hollywood-style movie trailers.How it works: After launching the app, you can either create a movie project or a movie trailer. The app provides project settings ... [Published Chicago Tribune - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Apple iOS, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Kailua (United States)

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

?FURRY BABIES? PET STORE FACES LAWSUIT FOR ALLEGEDLY SELLING UNHEALTHY PUPPY MILL PUPPIES

_ CHICAGO A group of consumers filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against the Chicago pet store chain Furry Babies, Inc., claiming that the store sold sick puppies from puppy mills to unsuspecting consumers in violation of state consumer protection ... [Published Chicago Tribune - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Lawsuit, Animal Legal Defense Fund

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Should We Bring Back Extinct Species?

Just 99 years ago, the last passenger pigeon died at the Cincinnati Zoo. Today, the Revive and Restore project is working to bring the birds back from the dead. The project is also eyeing woolly mammoths.They're part of a growing movement to bring back ... [Published Sci-Tech Today - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Extinct species, DNA, Beth Shapiro

First reported Jun 01 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 1 reports

What are Superbugs?

To understand superbugs, one must first understand bacteria. Bacteria are the most pervasive organisms on planet Earth. It is believed there are more than 5 nonillion (that is 5x1030) in existence. Therefore, bacteria are everywhere and are necessary ... [Published BellaOnline - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Bacteria, Antibiotic

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Wildlife advocates ask judge to block Petaluma bridge work pending lawsuit outcome

A coalition of environmental groups is asking a federal judge in San Francisco to halt work on the highway bridges over the Petaluma River while the court considers their lawsuits contending that the work endangers federally-protected migratory birds ... [Published Petaluma 360 - May 30 2013]

Entities: Lawsuit, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Environment, Advocate

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Animal Legal Defense Fund offers $1,000 reward for Puerto Rico puppy cruelty

The Animal Legal Defense Fund announced on Wednesday a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the savage mutilation of a tiny black puppy found in a parking lot in the northern town of Hatillo. ... [Published Examiner.com - May 29 2013]

Entities: Animal Legal Defense Fund, Puerto Rico, Abuse, Hatillo (Puerto Rico), Felony

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

USA - A clever ploy by the drug lobby

Cattle feeders in the U.S. are coping with reduced herds and high corn costs in part by increasing their use of growth-inducing drugs designed to bulk up animals, get more pounds of beef from each carcass and circumvent the drought's withering effects ... [Published Meat Trade News Daily - May 28 2013]

Entities: Cattle, Ractopamine, Drought, United States, Drugs

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 3 reports

Stop Killing Swallows! Bird-Lovers Demand

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - CalTrans and the federal government killed more than 100 federally protected cliff swallows in a brainless and illegally conducted highway project, bird-lovers claim in Federal Court. The state and federal transportation put netting ... [Published Courthouse News Service - May 21 2013]

Entities: CLIFF SWALLOW, California Department of Transportation, Sonoma County

Quotes

"We already got a commitment by the Animal Legal Defense Fund out of California for $10,000 to help start this thing up and the people that created the animal abusers registry in New York is donating the database and software to the state of Michigan, we're working on that now."

Lawmakers Discuss 'Animal Abuser Registry' [Published WLNS - Jun 10 2013]

The plaintiffs claim that promotional materials produced by Furry Babies do not show that the puppies are frequently "born, raised, and transported in filthy conditions, deprived of social contact, and shipped at younger ages than permitted by animal welfare laws" the release said

Furry Babies Sued for Selling Puppy Mill Dogs [Published Montgomery Patch - Jun 07 2013]

...He spoke as an individual, not as a government employee but asked with the assembled scientists and visionaries to start talking to regulators now. "We need to be careful. We need to make sure we get this right because if we get it wrong it could be very bad."

Should we bring back the passenger pigeon and the woolly mammoth? [Published USA Today - Jun 01 2013]

"Our hearts break for Ocean, and all the other animals like him who suffer from the sadistic cruelty of abusers. We call for anyone with knowledge of this horrific act to come forward for the safety of other animals. Abusers frequently repeat violent crimes against helpless animals, and often fo on to victimize people as well."

Animal Legal Defense Fund offers $1,000 reward for Puerto Rico puppy cruelty [Published Examiner.com - May 29 2013]

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Spielberg-like, on the go [Published Chicago Tribune - Jun 06 2013]
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?FURRY BABIES? PET STORE FACES LAWSUIT FOR ALLE... [Published Chicago Tribune - Jun 05 2013]
Should We Bring Back Extinct Species? [Published Sci-Tech Today - Jun 03 2013]
What are Superbugs? [Published BellaOnline - Jun 01 2013]
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USA - A clever ploy by the drug lobby [Published Meat Trade News Daily - May 28 2013]
California’s Unconstitutional Foie Gras Crackdown [Published REASON Online - May 25 2013]
Stop Killing Swallows! Bird-Lovers Demand [Published Courthouse News Service - May 21 2013]
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Drought accelerates use of drugs to beef up cattle [Published Topeka Capital-Journal - May 20 2013]
Legal Efforts to Proceed for Captive Orca Lolita [Published PETA - Apr 29 2013]
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California Chef Who Gives Away Free Foie Gras G... [Published REASON Online - Mar 19 2013]

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California Chef Who Gives Away Free Foie Gras G... [Published Hit & Run - Mar 19 2013] <p><img alt="foie gras" height="133" src="http://reason.com/assets/mc/_external/2013_03/foie-gras.jpg" title="drooling for freedom\|\|\|Flickr/ulterior epicure" width="200" style="float: right;"/>In compliance with California law, KenFrank, chef and partner ...