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FoA files lawsuit to put an end to keeping cetaceans in captivity in the U.S.

Friends of Animals has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the National Marine Fisheries Service’s denial of its legal rulemaking petition to restrict the import, export, and exploitation of cetaceans—whales, dolphins, and porpoises—for public display and entertainment in the U.S. “The Marine Mammal Protection Act was enacted to safeguard marine mammals from exploitation, not to enable their suffering […]

News on November 7, 2025

FoA files lawsuit to put an end to keeping cetaceans in captivity in the U.S.

News on November 7, 2025

Horseshoe crabs aren’t commodities. Killing them in Delaware Bay defies morality and logic.

News on November 3, 2025

FoA and other environmentalists sue USFWS for its failure to protect vanishing silverspot butterflies 

News on October 30, 2025

FoA to the Administration: Keep your hands off Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

News on October 24, 2025

Take Action: Support ending the use of horseshoe crabs for bait in Massachusetts!

News on October 14, 2025

Condé Nast’s move underscores what FoA knows: Fur is not back

News on October 9, 2025