Press Release Phoenix, Ariz.— Animal Wellness Action and Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) applaud the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for its recent enforcement action dismantling a suspected cockfighting operation near Buckeye, where multiple individuals were detained on Saturday. The bust represents a continued and encouraging trend of law enforcement efforts targeting animal hoarding, illegal … Read more
Animal advocates say that it is past time to dismantle dozens of illegal fighting pits in Oklahoma and deliver prison time and serious fines to lawbreakers like Anthony DeVore WASHINTON, D. C. — Animal Wellness Action expresses dismay that cockfighting ringleader Anthony DeVore received a pitifully small fine of $100 after being caught in a … Read more
The Farm bill may be made in the USA, but key provisions of the 1,000-page legislation are built for corporations and elites in China If you want to see Washington at its worst, behold the hash of the current version of the 2026 Farm bill. “If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch … Read more
Press STATEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today praised the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and federal agencies following a major law enforcement operation on Saturday that dismantled an alleged organized cockfighting enterprise tied to broader criminal activity. The coordinated operation was the result of a months-long investigation into a large-scale illegal network involving cockfighting, gambling, … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today commended the swift and decisive actions of the Chaves County Sheriff’s Office in dismantling an illegal cockfighting operation in southeastern New Mexico that drew more than 100 participants. New Mexico was the 49th state to ban cockfighting, only outlawing staged knife fights between birds in 2007, with the late Governor … Read more
From mass shoots to killing contests, a veteran hunter examines how the treatment of crows reveals a deeper moral failure in modern wildlife culture. by Ted Williams Bird hunting is one of my passions, so related and tangentially related articles trickle into my inbox from friends. Today, for example, I unearthed a piece from Wyoming’s … Read more
While other nations shutter mink farms because they spread cruelty and contagion, our U.S. House Agriculture Committee wants to spend your money for fur ads in China It’s hard to imagine that the Farm bill could be much worse for animals and the American public. The legislation, now starting to snake its way through Congress, … Read more
There is the stink of foreign influence in Congress as some lawmakers seek to boost international factory farm interests by overturning the will of American voters. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has shoveled a load of pig slop to a handful of farm-state lawmakers in Congress in promoting the Save Our Bacon (SOB) Act. … Read more
But the House Agriculture Committee chairman’s crusade in Congress to repeal restrictions on gestation crates may be headed to the U.S. House floor for a showdown Yesterday delivered one more loss for the crowd hellbent on overturning California’s common-sense laws that farm animals should not be kept in cages or crates so small they cannot … Read more
Incident involving a discarded monkey during quarantine highlights systemic failures, public health risks, and urgent need to modernize research Washington, D.C. — The Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action today condemned a second federal citation issued to a Florida-based primate import and quarantine facility, where a monkey was mistakenly discarded into a … Read more