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California’s Bird Flu Emergency Requires Close Attention to Rampant Cockfighting and Threat of Ill Fighting Birds Acting as Superspreaders

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U.S. Senate Passes FDA Modernization Act 3.0

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In a Major New Investigation, Animal Wellness Action Uncovers and Documents Rampant Illegal Cockfighting Syndicates in Arkansas

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How Did the Animals Fare? A 2024 Election Recap | Episode 70

Animal Wellness Action this year intensified its efforts to help elect candidates who vote with animals in mind and to defeat incumbents who don’t. In 2024, the Washington D.C.-based group invested heavily in nine races across the country and prevailed in seven of them. Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action, recounts the victories in our latest podcast.

Trophy hunting is not conservation

“This is not a hunt. All the high-tech gadgetry, the GPS collars with dogs doing all the work while the ‘hunter’ sits in his truck drinking coffee until the cat is treed … you might as well call the dogs off and go home because this is not a hunt.”
— from Harley G. Shaw for Cats Aren’t Trophies campaign

Heartbreaking footage of Cody Roberts torturing the Wyoming wolf

Cody Roberts plowed a wolf down with his snowmobile, taped her mouth shut, tortured her, and dragged her before his buddies at the Green River Bar in Daniel, Wyoming. Recently found footage shows Roberts tormenting her at the bar.

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