WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, the Michelson Center for Public Policy, and other affiliated organizations applauded U.S. Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, for soliciting and hearing testimony on the FDA Modernization Act, H.R. … Read more
Anti-gestation crate policies set to take effect in key states and among dozens of major food retailers in 2022 Washington, D.C – Leading animal welfare groups and farmers applauded the introduction of the Pigs in Gestation Stalls (PIGS) Act, H.R. 7004, by U.S. Reps. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., to ban the extreme confinement … Read more
But live-shipping records for 2022 shows Department reneged on pledge to abide by federal law and block shipments of fighting birds (Washington, D.C.) Today, Animal Wellness Action (AWA) applauded an emergency action by the Guam Department of Agriculture (GDOA) to halt live poultry imports to Guam because of the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action (AWA), the Washington-based non-profit political advocacy group that worked to pass the U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act through the U.S. House in 2019, applauded appropriators in Congress for their inclusion of the highest-ever funding levels for enforcement of the Horse Protection … Read more
by Wayne Pacelle Guam Agriculture Department director Chelsa Muna-Brecht has publicly announced that the agency will develop import restrictions on the movement of fighting roosters, though the rigor of those limitations is still an open question given the agency’s close association with the U.S. cockfighting community. The move comes after Animal Wellness Action documented a … Read more
by Josh Marquis The 2011 movie “Contagion” turned out to be prescient. The movie, featuring Matt Damon, posited a world-wide pandemic from a “zoonotic virus” (one that jumps from one species into another) that rapidly turns deadly as one of the film’s main characters says, “The wrong bat met the wrong pig.” And just as … Read more
by Wayne Pacelle Despite the unmistakable verdict of California voters that they want to wrap up the era of extreme confinement of farm animals, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and other agribusiness and food-industry players are working to bully the courts and the Congress to undermine Proposition 12 and to allow the indefinite imprisoning … Read more
by Marty Irby American horse racing remains steeped in controversy because of deaths on the track, recurring scandals involving doping of horses, and questions about the enforcement authority for the recently enacted Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA). It’s an especially vulnerable time for horse racing, with the surge in sports betting threatening to leave … Read more
Oregon’s second city, Eugene, is home of the University of Oregon, storied track and field athletes, and Lane County District Attorney Patty Perlow. The first woman elected to the top prosecutor’s post in Eugene, Perlow has held almost every position a lawyer can have in serving as a career prosecutor. She began as a deputy … Read more
Groups charge that the bill gives comfort to known criminals in the state Oklahoma City – Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, the Center for a Humane Economy, and other anti-cruelty organizations condemned a bill to weaken penalties for certain cockfighting crimes and to decriminalize others. The bill, H.B. 3283 is authored by Rep. … Read more