                          UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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                                          )
IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS, et al.,            )
                                          )
            Plaintiffs,                   )
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      v.                                  )               Civil Action No. 09-2222 (PLF)
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KEN SALAZAR, et al.,                      )
                                          )
            Defendants.                   )
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                                          ORDER

            For the reasons set forth in the Opinion issued this same day, it is

hereby

            ORDERED that the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction [3] is

DENIED.

            SO ORDERED.


                                           /s/____________________________
                                           PAUL L. FRIEDMAN
                                           United States District Judge
DATE: December 23, 2009
