Responding to a request for an immediate court injunction from The Fund for Animals and the Animal Legal Defense Fund,[…]
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No Government Handouts For Recreational Fur Trappers
The fur trappers have asked Senator Murkowski (R-AK) to submit an amendment to S. 1731, the Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural[…]
Read moreCourt Rules In Favor Of Florida Black Bear
A U.S. District Court that recently ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider its refusal to list the[…]
Read morePublic Comments Needed To Help Captive Primates
The biomedical research industry uses 57,000 monkeys and apes in laboratories every year. Under a 1985 amendment to the Animal[…]
Read moreHRC Says Federal Funding For Crucial HIV/AIDS Programs Takes Some Positive Steps But Falls Short Overall
The Human Rights Campaign expressed disappointment today by the lack of money appropriated by Congress for fiscal year 2002 HIV/AIDS[…]
Read moreUpdate On Lousiana Dog Dragging Case
The DeRidder Daily News (12/18/01) reports that a man who participated in the dragging death of a dog last May[…]
Read moreSame-Sex Families Can File Claims For Federal Victim Compensation Fund; But Success Remains Unclear
On December 20th, The Human Rights Campaign expressed satisfaction that same-sex families can file claims with the federal Victim Compensation[…]
Read moreUpdate On Senate Farm Bill Amendments
After countless days of debate and argument, final consideration of the Farm bill this year was blocked by Senate Republicans.[…]
Read moreHRC Expresses ‘Deep Concerns’ About The Vega Murder Investigation To The Milwaukee District Attorney
Human Rights Campaign Executive Director Elizabeth Birch recently sent a letter on behalf of the group's 460,000 members to the[…]
Read moreExxon’s Assault On Western Gray Whales
There may be fewer than 100 Western gray whales left in the world, and many conservationists fear their extinction in[…]
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