Legal Opinion
Fund for Animals v. Norton
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 28, 2005No. 04 Civ. 959(PKC)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CASTEL, District Judge.
The double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auri tus) is a water bird native to North America. It is a fish-eating bird with a hooked bill, turquoise eyes, a long tail, dark brown in Color with two white crests of feathers that appear on its head during breeding season.
This lawsuit arises over federal efforts to manage the nation’s population of double-crested cormorants. According to the administrative record, the species has been responsible for the loss of at least $25 million in annual catfish production, largely in the Mississippi Delta. The…
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