GPS-collared lion lured from Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and killed despite being part of critical Oxford University conservation study WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Center for a Humane Economy today condemned the killing of Blondie, a five-year-old African lion lured out of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and killed by a trophy hunter reportedly from Ashland, Ohio. … Read more
PERRY HALL, Md. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy are deeply disturbed by the sickening case of a severely burned and dead fawn found tied with ropes in a residential street in Baltimore County earlier this week. This hideous act has rightly shattered residents’ sense of safety and compassion in … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Calling the federal government’s barred owl kill plan “unworkable, costly, and inhumane,” Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today praised the introduction of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution by Senators John Kennedy, R-La., and Rand Paul, R-Ky. SJR 69 is a companion to HJR 111, introduced last week by Reps. … Read more
Press Release Yet the sheriff’s office failed to investigate after field investigators with the organizations reported malicious abuse at a cockfighting derby, missing a chance to apprehend dozens involved in felony cruelty and other crimes in Allegan County last Saturday. Allegan, Mich. — Reacting to an investigation on Saturday conducted by their field personnel that includes … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today praised the introduction of a bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution led by Reps. Troy Nehls, R-Texas; Josh Harder, D-Calif.; Scott Perry, R-Pa.; and Adam Gray, D-Calif., to nullify the Biden-era “Barred Owl Management Strategy”—an unprecedented, costly, and unworkable plan to … Read more
Animal wellness organizations issue report ahead of House Agriculture Committee hearing that’s a show-and-tell opportunity for National Pork Producers Council WASHINGTON, D.C. — In advance of a House Agriculture Committee hearing devoid of any witnesses who favor states’ rights or are concerned about inordinate influence of China over the U.S. pork sector, Animal Wellness Action and the … Read more
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle demand that government neither fund nor orchestrate the unprecedented slaughter of North American owls WASHINGTON — In an additional blow to the Biden-era plan to shoot over 450,000 barred owls in the Pacific Northwest, the Trump Administration has terminated three federal “bridge” grants critical to launching the U.S. Fish … Read more
More than 70 organizations endorse bill led by U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar to end unsporting and dangerous practice WASHINGTON, D.C. – Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today celebrated the introduction of the “Don’t Feed the Bears Act of 2025” (H.R. 4422) by U.S. Representative Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), with original cosponsors … Read more
ATHENS, TX — Acting on a tip from Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office raided a major cockfighting operation near Athens on Sunday, July 13th. Authorities disrupted an illegal cockfighting event attended by an estimated 200–300 people, many of whom fled the scene on foot through nearby woods. Law enforcement seized … Read more
Led by Senator Adam Schiff, Letter Urges Protection of State Animal Welfare Laws and Highlights Bipartisan Opposition Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded 32 U.S. Senate Democrats after they sent a letter today to Senate Agriculture Committee leaders urging them to exclude the Food Security and Farm Protection … Read more