Minnesota Humane Society v. Clark

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

The Minnesota Humane Society and two other organizations (collectively Humane Society) brought an action against the United States Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) challenging FWS’s issuance of a permit to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), which authorized the roundup and killing of several thousand giant Canada geese. Upon the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court 1 dismissed the Humane Society’s claim as moot because the roundup and killings had by that time been completed. We affirm.

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The giant Canada goose is a migratory bird…