Pretext for killing shot down in court PORTLAND, Oregon––Rushing to kill double-crested cormorants before opponents of the killing could get to court, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and USDA Wildlife Services on April 7, 2016 opened fire near East Sand Island, near the mouth of the Columbia River. “Federal agents in boats are using […]
Marc R. Jurnove won right of citizens to bring Animal Welfare Act cases
Last case was Angel’s Gate Marc R. Jurnove, 63, died on July 3, 2013 in McLeansville, North Carolina. A U.S. Coast Guard veteran who had ridden his own horse since age seven, Jurnove went on to spend 17 years as a mounted park ranger in New York City, rising to the rank of lieutenant, […]
Why did the Animal Legal Defense Fund go undercover?
Were Tyson poultry-slaughtering line speeds really the focal issue? COTATI, California––The “who, what, where, when” and “how” of an Animal Legal Defense Fund undercover video exposé of alleged animal and employee abuse at a Tyson Foods chicken slaughterhouse in Carthage, Texas were all identified in the September 14, 2015 ALDF media release announcing it. “Why,” […]
Forced abortions raise alarm over Florida lab monkey breeders
LaBELLE, Florida––A long-running “Not In My Back Yard” dispute over the location of a breeding facility in Hendry County, Florida that supplies monkeys to laboratories has exploded into a nationally visible debate over how monkeys are used in labs. Which is what many of the opponents of the breeding facility wanted all along, while pursuing […]