Animal Group Wants Defamation Suit Over Tiger Welfare Nixed

By Michelle Casady (January 9, 2017, 3:26 PM EST) -- The Animal League Defense Fund on Friday told a judge in Houston that it should, under a state free speech law, dismiss as baseless a defamation case brought against it by local restaurants Landry's Inc. and the Downtown Aquarium Inc. over comments made regarding the restaurant's treatment of four white Bengal tigers....

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