Press Release Animal Wellness team preparing for action upon landing in The Bahamas FREEPORT, BAHAMAS — The Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF), in its latest set of actions on disaster response efforts, is providing hay to surviving horses on the island of Grand Bahama. Large animals are often not a central focus of animal disaster response efforts … Read more
Powerful Senate committee directs the Department of Justice to make enforcement of animal welfare laws a priority WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations included language in a key spending bill directing the Department of Justice to make investigation and prosecution of our nation’s federal animal welfare laws a priority, including the animal … Read more
Press Release Inslee takes action after the state issues kill orders on a set of wolf packs who came into conflict with ranchers on public lands KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON — The Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action applauded Washington Governor Jay Inslee for writing to the Director of Fish and Wildlife and directing … Read more
Animal Wellness Urges Congressional Leaders to Pass the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act Swiftly WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the federal Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act, H.R. 724, reached 290 cosponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives, a measure that has been heavily lobbied for by the Animal Wellness Foundation and Animal Wellness … Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed a Fiscal Year 2020 spending bill that includes a shocking $35 million in funding to implement a potentially catastrophic mass mustang roundup proposal promoted by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the so-called “American Mustang Foundation”and other agribusiness lobbying groups and, shockingly, … Read more
Legislation Would Keep Horse Slaughter Plants Closed in the U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee included a provision in the FY2020 Agriculture Appropriations bill to maintain the ban on slaughtering horses in the U.S, thanks to Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC), Tom Udall (D-NM), and Susan Collins (R-ME), all longtime leaders on … Read more
WASHINGTON, DC —Today, the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, chaired by longtime champion of animal welfare, wildlife, and conservation issues, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), advanced a set of major animal protection bills affecting marine and terrestrial wildlife The mark-up hearing included the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (H.R. 737), the Big Cat Public Safety … Read more
Los Angeles, CA — Today, on the heels of information released regarding the doping scandal related to 2018 Triple Crown Winner, Justify, and the Santa Anita Derby, the Animal Wellness Group issued the following statement from Animal Wellness Action executive director Marty Irby: “Drug testing should be conducted and overseen by impartial operators and not by industry players with … Read more
Press Release Phoenix, AZ — Today the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council (GRRC) voted unanimously (6 to 0) to approve a rule initiated by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to ban wildlife killing contests (WKCs) for predators and other fur-bearing animals in Arizona. A grassroots effort energized by concerned citizens throughout Arizona, along with Animal … Read more
During proceeding that resulted in a preliminary injunction on killing more OPT wolves, attorneys for the state yesterday told a Superior Court judge that there was a lone surviving wolf KING COUNTY — A judicial proceeding yesterday morning before a King County Superior Court Judge produced a temporary injunction to spare a single Old Profanity … Read more