Nancy Black pleads to one misdemeanor count for "feeding orcas" in violation of MMPA
Yesterday, in District Court in San Jose, California Nancy submitted a negotiated plea of guilty
to a single misdemeanor count of feeding orcas in violation of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act as part of a agreement negotiated with the Department of
Justice …
Settlement Conference ordered by Judge Davila, next conference April 15
On February 25, U. S. District Court Judge Davila ordered the parties to select a magistrate judge "for referral to a settlement conference. The following day, the parties submitted a joint notice that they had selected Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler …
Nonprofit Washington D.C. legal defense fund Cause of Action officially joins Nancy's defense team!
On October 16, Cause of Action filed notices with the U.S. District Court in San Jose announcing that it is joining as co-counsel for Nancy. Cause of Action's involvement will bring both substantial legal and financial resources to help Nancy's defense, and …
Why is this campaign important to you?
I have known Nancy Black as a volunteer researcher for the Oceanic Society dolphin research in the Bahamas now many years ago. I have had many conversations with her, observed her behavior with fellow volunteers and with wild dolphins. I am a licensed therapist in the state of NY and can swear that she is being scapegoated and made to look like a villain which she is assuredly not. This has to stop and stop now. Ms. Black is courteous, professional to a fault and skillful with marine...
…I have known Nancy Black as a volunteer researcher for the Oceanic Society dolphin research in the Bahamas now many years ago. I have had many conversations with her, observed her behavior with fellow volunteers and with wild dolphins. I am a licensed therapist in the state of NY and can swear that she is being scapegoated and made to look like a villain which she is assuredly not. This has to stop and stop now. Ms. Black is courteous, professional to a fault and skillful with marine mammals. It is her avocation as well a vocation. Stop the witch hunt.