Japanese macaques, along with 11 other primate species were first listed as threatened on October 19, 1976 by FWS.[1] However, by special rule, 50 C.F.R. §17.40(c)(2) captive members of these species were exempted from protections under the Endangered Species Act by FWS. Now, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has petitioned FWS
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Lawsuit challenges New Jersey laws banning possession, importation, and export of certain game animal parts and products.
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
Conservation Force, a “non-profit 501(c)(3) public foundation formed to conserve wildlife and wild places,” along with several individuals and the Garden State Taxidermist Association, filed a lawsuit against the New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General and Bob Martin, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, claiming that two New Jersey laws banning “resident possession,…
How Animal Activists Harm Animals
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
The Board of Directors of Americans for Medical Progress (AMP)[1], met for their annual business meeting on September 25, 2015 in Washington, D.C. I attended the meeting as one of the Directors. AMP’s mission is to “protect society’s investment in research by nurturing public understanding of and support for the humane, necessary and…
Plaintiffs Beware: Another Court Grants Attorneys’ Fees for Frivolous Charges of Violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
For the second time in the past few years, a federal court has awarded attorneys’ fees to a defendant accused of violating the ESA, “when the plaintiff’s claims are frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation, or when the plaintiff has continued to litigate after they have clearly become so.” Wildearth Guardians v. Kirkpatrick, et al…