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MONTH: January/February 2007

ALDF/AWI case reinstated

 

SAN FRANCISCO--The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on November 22, 2006 reinstated a lawsuit seeking to compel the USDA to adopt guidelines governing primate care in zoos and laboratories.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund, Animal Welfare Institute, and three individuals filed the case in 2003, after the USDA refused to implement regulations which would have required non-human primates to be housed in social groups, and be given toys to provide mental stimulation.

The lawsuit alleges that the USDA violated the intent of Congress in passing 1985 amendments to the federal Animal Welfare Act that recognized the social nature and intelligence of dogs and nonhuman primates. The case was dismissed by a federal district court, but the Court of Appeals sent it back for further review.