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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on "Fox and coyote penning should be banned"
Updating this ILB entry from May 8th, Nick Schneider, Assistant Editor of the Greene County Daily World reported yesterday in a story beginning:
Three animal rights organizations have filed a civil lawsuit in Marion Circuit Court against an Indiana Department of Natural Resources decision to waive permit requirements against Greene County's WCI Foxhound Training Preserve near Midland.The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), Project Coyote, and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) filed the 15-page lawsuit Tuesday against the DNR and its director Robert Carter Jr. * * *
Tuesday's lawsuit alleges that, if the DNR misinterpretation of the law were allowed to stand, anyone in the state of Indiana could skirt the wildlife possession permit requirement simply by failing to maintain the fencing within which they have enclosed an animal. By removing the state's wildlife permit requirement -- intended to serve as a substantial disincentive to possessing wildlife -- the DNR's conduct makes it more likely that humans and wildlife will be harmed or infected with communicable diseases.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 12, 2011 08:53 AM
Posted to Environment | Indiana Government