Legal Opinion
International Fund for Animal Welfare v. Baldrige
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 28, 1984No. Civ. A. 84-1838PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GESELL, District Judge..This action, filed on June 15, 1984 by three animal welfare organizations, seeks to enjoin the killing of 22,000 subadult male, seals scheduled to commence next Monday, July 2, 1984 on the Pribilof Islands in Alaska, as authorized by the Fur Seal Commission (Commission) established by the Interim Convention for the Conservation of the North Pacific Fur Seal, 8 U.S.T. 2283, to which the United States is a signatory. Tanadgusix, an Alaska native corporation which will undertake the killing pursuant to a contract with the Secretary of Commerce, has intervened as…
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