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PETA v. U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

Civil Action No. 13-976 (JEB).

7 F.Supp.3d 1 (2013)

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 16, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delcianna J. Winders , Peta Foundation, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Hector G. Bladuell , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge.

The nation's circle of concern expanded a little wider in 2002 when Congress amended the Animal Welfare Act to include birds as creatures deserving of legal protection. The agency charged with implementing the Act — the United States Department of Agriculture — has, however, so far failed to defend the country's feathered friends, both by not enforcing the Act against...

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