Standing for Nonhuman Animals: Developing a Guardianship Model from the Dissents in Sierra Club v. Morton
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Until the late 1970s, wild goats flourished on California's San Clemente Island, a military enclave under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Navy.'The Navy forbade public access to the island, onethird of which was also home to various endangered and threatened species of flora and fauna. 2 Believing that the goats' presence could compromise the island's fragile biodiversity, the Navy authorized the aerial eradication 3 of the entire population.4 Public outrage erupted and in 1979, the Navy agreed to cease destruction of the goat population and permit a non-profit organization, Fund for Animals, to commence a more compassionate approach: capture and evacuation.'By 1983, however, the Navy had resumed efforts to eliminate the goats via aerial eradication and a frustrated Fund for Animals had withdrawn from the dispute.6 Animal Lovers Volunteer Association (ALVA) assumed the helm and sought an injunction in the United States District Court for the Central District of California to halt the aerial eradication.ALVA alleged that the Navy violated the National Environmental Policy Act
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DOI: 10.15779/z38q416
Author: Hogan, Marguerite
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Language: English
Topic: Animal Law and Welfare
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1519591586