This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Litigation

Nov. 29, 2012

Federal agencies sued over chimpanzees' transfer

Citing federal law, a Los Angeles attorney has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the transfer of 110 chimpanzees from one research institute to another.


By Alexandra Schwappach


Daily Journal Staff Writer


More than 100 chimpanzees are in need of a home.


It sounds like a joke Craigslist ad, but it's actually the subject of Los Angeles attorney Eric George's most recent lawsuit.


On Tuesday, the animal-loving lawyer of Browne George Ross LLP filed a federal lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services alleging the illegal ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up