Press Release SAN ANTONIO – Busts of cockfights in progress by the sheriffs of Bexar County and Freestone County are additional indicators of the extensive underground network of these illegal operations. They are also markers of the partnership between law enforcement and leading animal welfare groups intent on shutting down these organized criminal syndicates. Undercover … Read more
Lawmakers, governors, public health agency leaders want to expedite transition to human-relevant testing methods and to halt unethical, ineffective, costly uses of primates Washington, D.C. — The Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action welcomed news from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to gauge the feasibility of transitioning the Oregon National Primate … Read more
Our undercover investigators expose how U.S. cockfighters traffic birds overseas — fueling organized crime, violence, and a global cruelty enterprise Every day last week, one of our brave investigators sent me dispatches from Manila, where he was undercover at the World Slasher Cup — a global conclave of the world’s most inveterate cockfighters. He was … Read more
Animal Wellness Action has investigated this trade from the U.S. to the Philippines, uncovering a vast trade involving tens of thousands of animals for animal fighting derbies WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy lauded a bipartisan team of federal lawmakers for introducing H.R. 7371, the No Flight, No Fight Act, to … Read more
Director of Earned Media This is a media-first role focused on earned placement, rapid response, and aggressive story pitching. Desired candidate will be an entrepreneurial self-starter who will actively work the phones, place stories, and get our voices quoted in top-tier and regional outlets. Share of voice and earned media placements will be among the … Read more
Animal Wellness Action supports judge’s decision to allow prosecution of Cody Roberts for cruelty to proceed WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today hailed as an important step a written ruling by Sweetwater County District Court Judge Richard Lavery determining that Wyoming’s so-called “predator exemption” does not apply to the … Read more
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police, Pennsylvania Sheriffs Assoc., Pennsylvania District Attorneys Assoc. join more than 500 other law enforcement agencies in calling on Congress to pass the FIGHT Act Fayette County, Pa. — In an extraordinary showing of unanimity by law enforcement from rural and urban parts of the Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police, the Pennsylvania … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today commends the federal sentencing of a defendant involved in an illegal cockfighting ring in Amarillo, Texas, underscoring the need for rigorous enforcement of animal cruelty laws and broader legislative tools to deter violent bloodsports. A federal judge has sentenced 49-year-old Salvador Sanchez Chavez to 11 months in federal prison … Read more
Group says DOJ disregards the views of American egg producers and the fact pattern showing it was avian influenza—not cage-free housing—that drove up prices Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today panned the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking to overturn Michigan’s cage-free egg law, calling it “grossly … Read more
Advocates warn of heightened risks to pets, tethered dogs, farm animals, and thousands of cockfighting roosters—especially in Southern states unaccustomed to prolonged extreme cold Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, a national animal protection advocacy organization, today issued an urgent call to animal owners and caretakers to take immediate action to safeguard animals amid the … Read more