Legal Opinion
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. v. United States Department of Agriculture
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 16, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2013-0976PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
The nation’s circle of concern expanded a little wider in 2002 when Congress amended the Animal Welfare Act to include birds as creatures deserving of legal protection. The agency charged with implementing the Act — the United States Department of Agriculture — has, however, so far failed to defend the country’s feathered friends, both by not enforcing the Act against bird abusers and by not promulgating regulations specific to the mistreatment of avians. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., a non-profit…
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