Legal Opinion
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Veneman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 21, 2006No. 04-15788PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*829WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, who include the Animal Legal Defense Fund (“ALDF”), the Animal Welfare Institute (“AWI”), and three individuals, challenge the United States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) decision not to adopt a Draft Policy that would have provided guidance to zoos, research facilities, and other regulated entities in how to ensure the psychological well-being of nonhuman primates in order to comply with the federal Animal Welfare Act (“AWA”). Plaintiffs challenge the decision not to adopt the Draft Policy under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) as…
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