In DEFENSE OF ANIMALS v. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BATCHELDER, District Judge.

1. Introduction and Background

This case involves a challenge by several organizations to the proposed move of Timmy, a lowland gorilla, from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo to the Bronx Zoo in New York for the purposes of mating Timmy with female gorillas at the Bronx Zoo. 2 Timmy’s move is part of a nationwide Species Survival Program for lowland gorillas, a program in which zoos from around the nation cooperate in an effort to perpetuate the species. (Defendants’ Memorandum in Opposition to Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, at 2-6; see…