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Judge Slams Florida Zoo Over Tiger Cub Encounters
A private Florida zoo violated federal law by allowing patrons to handle, pet and swim with tiger cubs, a judge ruled late Tuesday.
Read moreTexas A&M Settles Lawsuit With PETA
Texas A&M University reached a settlement with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Monday, agreeing to remove filters from its Facebook page that PETA claimed violated its right to speak out against the school’s research on dogs.
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Iditarod Changes Tack, Will Meet With Animal Welfare Leader
The new head of Alaska’s Iditarod plans to meet with a leader of an animal welfare group that’s devoted to ending the world’s most famous sled dog race, which it sees as a cruel, deadly event for its canine participants.
Read moreJudge Slams Maryland Roadside Zoo Over Death of Tiger
After a federal judge found a roadside zoo in Maryland violated the Endangered Species Act by not giving adequate care to a tiger that is now dead, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said the ruling should send a clear message to other wildlife facilities that may be mistreating animals.
Read moreSanta Anita Racetrack Closes After 21 Horses Die in 2 Months
The Santa Anita racetrack in Southern California has indefinitely canceled its races after 21 horses have died at the track over the past two months.
Read morePETA Blames Florida Zoo for Tiger Cub Deaths
A private Florida zoo faced renewed accusations of animal abuse on Friday by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Read morePETA Claims Texas A&M Tortures Dogs in a Lab
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals took Texas A&M University to federal court Monday, seeking an injunction to stop what it calls social media censorship of its campaign against the school’s research on dogs bred to develop muscular dystrophy.
Read moreIowa Must Defend Controversial ‘Ag-Gag’ Law
The fate of an Iowa law criminalizing undercover investigations of slaughterhouses and meatpacking factories hangs in the balance after a federal judge ruled groups challenging the statute made valid free-speech claims under the First Amendment.
Read morePETA Tells Fourth Circuit NC Law Stymies Whistleblowers
Attorneys for a coalition of animal-protection, consumer-rights, and food-safety organizations on Thursday urged the Fourth Circuit to overturn a North Carolina law they say amounts to a gag order for whistleblowers and chills their freedom of speech.
Read moreJudges Tosses PETA Lawsuit Over Records Removed from Ag Website
A federal judge on Thursday tossed a lawsuit over the removal of a “slew’ of inspection and licensing documents related to animal research facilities from a federal website, holding that since most of them have now been put back, no controversy exists.
Read moreAnimal, Food Safety Groups Fight Iowa’s ‘Ag-Gag’ Law
A coalition of animal rights and food safety groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of Iowa’s “ag-gag” law that makes it a crime to conduct undercover investigations at factory farms and slaughterhouses.
Read moreSuit Over Monkey’s Selfies Ends in Settlement
A nature photographer and animal rights group settled their two-year dispute over the ownership of a monkey’s selfies on Monday, just as the Ninth Circuit was mulling an appeal in the case.
Read moreMaryland Zoo Accused of Mistreating Lemurs, Big Cats
A small roadside zoo in western Maryland is once again accused of violating federal animal-protection laws by neglecting lemurs, tigers and lions.
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PETA Fights to Revive ‘Monkey Selfie’ Copyright Suit
Fighting to revive a copyright suit over monkey selfies, a lawyer told a Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday that non-human corporations shouldn’t have more rights than animals to protect artistic works.
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Animal-Welfare Records Loss Triggers Suit
Animal-welfare activists slapped the government with a federal complaint Monday for clawing back thousands of public records that it had made available to the public for years on the internet.
Read moreMissouri Primate Foundation Tells PETA to Back Off
The nonprofit Missouri Primate Foundation claims in court that PETA used a spy to defame it by taking undercover photos and videos of its chimpanzee housing facilities to try to build a case to take the chimps.
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