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IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS v. CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO

No. 91CV2169.

785 F.Supp. 100 (1991)

IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, E.D.

November 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gloria Rowland Homolak, Friedman & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiffs.

Robert C. Petrulis, Diane P. Chapman, Betsy Ann Breese, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BATCHELDER, District Judge.

I. Introduction and Background

This case involves a challenge by several organizations to the proposed move of Timmy, a lowland gorilla, from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo to the Bronx Zoo in New York for the purposes of mating Timmy with female gorillas at the Bronx Zoo.2 Timmy's move is part of a nationwide Species Survival Program for lowland gorillas, a program in which...

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