by John Di Leonardo | Jun 21, 2017 | Victories
For years, LION led protests calling on New Yorkers to stay away from UniverSoul Circus, the now-defunct Ringling Bros. circus, and other traveling shows that use and abuse elephants, tigers, and other wild animals—and the New York City Council has now prohibited all...
by John Di Leonardo | May 21, 2017 | Victories
After 146 years and a “dramatic drop” in ticket-sales, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed its curtains for the final time and we were there to lead the very final protests of its cruel acts, urging the public to build on this momentum by...
by John Di Leonardo | Jan 18, 2017 | Victories
When Long Island Orchestrating for Nature heard that Suffolk County was considering killing 200 Canada geese—the entire population on Lake Ronkonkoma, LION president John Di Leonardo presented to the Lake Ronkonkoma Advisory Board about humane geese management plans...
by John Di Leonardo | Nov 9, 2016 | Victories
One year after Long Island Orchestrating for Nature urged the Village of Head of the Harbor to scrap plans to legalize bow-hunting in favor of immunocontraception, the village unanimously approved a plan to manage deer using this humane method of birth control.
by John Di Leonardo | Sep 24, 2016 | Victories
Following formal complaints to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) alleging the Commerford Family Zoo’s violation of New York state permits mandating that “Animals must be exhibited, held, transported, and housed in a manner...
