Fort Lauderdale, FL — Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, applauded the work of FBI agents in a major animal fighting raid that led to the arrest of one of South Florida’s top dogfighters at his Deerfield Beach home on Tuesday. Authorities seized nearly three dozen dogs … Read more
Press Release Cockfighting is a potential superspreader of H5N1 Louisville, KY — Leaders and scientists with Animal Wellness Action, Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), and the Center for a Humane Economy called out cockfighting as a “runaway crime” and a “viral superspreader” in Kentucky and said that it poses a direct and documented threat … Read more
Misguided and misdirected response resulted in mass killing of animals and creating conditions for viral spillover to human beings Pierre, S.D. — Two veterinarians — each with career-long experience in animal agriculture and with additional academic training and professional experience in public health and infectious disease response — leveled detailed criticisms at top officials at … Read more
Cockfighting busts imperative given spread of bird flu threatening agriculture and human health San Joaquin County, CA — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office deputies for busting a criminal cockfighting operation along Atkins Road, east of Lodi Saturday, where they discovered 35 dead roosters, along with animal … Read more
Due to a series of wrong-headed responses by a lax and inflexible federal agriculture agency, the bird flu crisis has become more acute as we approach the three-year mark for the epidemic in the homeland The U.S. bird flu H5N1 epidemic that began in February 2022 continues unabated and approaching a three-year run, with no … Read more
A group of four lawmakers — three Oregon State House Members and one Senator — have asked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy tapped to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The lawmakers’ press release can be seen below, along with a link to the letter from the four rural lawmakers. “Rural, range-state lawmakers are … Read more
Press Statrement EXPERT INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE 54 arrests for animal cruelty show Kentucky state police are taking animal fighting, related crimes seriously. Louisville, KY — Leaders of Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), Animal Wellness Action, and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded Kentucky State Police for a weekend bust of a cockfight that resulted in … Read more
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