Litigation
Born Free USA united with API advocates for animals through litigation. In state and federal courts across the country we seek to protect animals from cruelty and exploitation by enforcing existing animal laws to garner greater protections for animals.
We are involved in numerous animal protection cases across the country, including actions to protect animals in circuses, lynxes from being cruelly trapped, rabbits from being gunned down for eating ornamental shrubbery.
Court Docket of Active Cases:
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American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, et al v. Ringling Brothers, et al.
Description: Seeks to challenge Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and its parent company, Feld Entertainment, for violating the Endangered Species Act against regarding their mistreatment of Asian elephants.
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Animal Protection Institute v. Ene Merriam
Description: Seeks to stop continued violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the Department Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, which allows trappers to use snares and traps that injure and sometimes even kill threatened and endangered species listed under the ESA — specifically, bald eagles and Canada lynx.
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Center for Native Ecosytems, et al. v. Wildlife Services, et al.
Description: Seeks to challenge the regulatory take of lynx from various trapping activities, hunting, and shooting.
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The Humane Society of the United States, et al. v. Kempthore, et al.
Description: Challenges the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to delist the western Great Lakes population of gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act.
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Rebecca Ann Cary, et al v. Dale Hall, et al.
Description: Challenges the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to provide blanket authorization for the sport hunting in fenced-in ranches of three antelope species that are listed as “endangered” under the ESA, as long as those antelopes have been bred in captivity in the U.S.
For more information on any of our litigation contact legislation@bornfreeusa.org »
