ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE and FARM SANCTUARY v. SONNY PERDUE, in his official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE; and PAUL KIECKER

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The Animal Welfare Institute and Farm Sanctuary, represented by the Harvard Animal Law & Policy Clinic, have filed suit against the United States Department of Agriculture, alleging that the agency has failed to require humane handling of birds at slaughter.

[To accompany Federal Case Law Update "USDA Faces Poultry Products Inspection Act Lawsuit Over Humane Handling" from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 45.]