Laws governing animal ownership are swiftly changing across the country, affecting owners of all types of animals. A proposed bill in Wisconsin, AB333. would change the laws relating to the
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News Flash: Order Granting SeaWorld’s Motion to Dismiss Granted
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
The Court found that “each of the five named plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and the three putative classes . . .[failed to allege with the specificity required for claims…
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The Nonhuman Rights Project Takes Another Stab At Tommy, The Chimpanzee
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) filed another petition for a writ of habeas corpus (available of NhRP’s website) to:
a) require Respondents to justify their detention
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Negative Consequences of Bans on the Breeding of Captive Cetaceans
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
San Diego’s SeaWorld joins the Vancouver Aquarium in a category both would have preferred to avoid. The California Coastal Commission (Commission) recently “ordered SeaWorld San Diego to halt captive breeding…
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SeaWorld’s Expertise Saves More Lives
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As previously reported, SeaWorld’s commitment to the health and preservation of marine mammals was in the spotlight this week, when their uniquely qualified rescue team assisted local and fish…
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What you probably don’t know about Ringling Brothers work to save elephants
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
You may not know that Ringling Brothers maintains a captive breeding program that may be saving increasingly threatened wild Asian elephants, whose numbers have twindled to less than 35,000.
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What You Probably Don’t Know About How SeaWorld Helps Animals
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Last week I joined attendees of the National Animal Interest Alliance’s annual meeting at a behind the scenes tour at Seaworld, Orlando, where we learned of Seaworld’s 50-year legacy of…
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