Campaign to end race-day doping in Thoroughbred racing sees tremendous success Washington, D.C. – In the biggest gain for animal welfare in 2020, and in the $900 billion year-end spending bill, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Horseracing Integrity and Safety (HISA) Safety Act, H.R. 1754/S. 4547, last night, concluding an eight-year campaign … Read more
AWA Helps Lead Efforts to Secure Ban Doping in Thoroughbred Horseracing, but Landmark Deal Blocked to Establish Felony Offense for “Horse Soring” Washington, D.C. — In the biggest gain for animal welfare in the $900 billion just-released, year-end spending bill expected to be signed into law within days, the Congress added a rider to ban … Read more
Washington, D.C. — In the biggest gain for animal welfare in 2020 and in the $900 billion year-end spending bill just-released, that’s expected to be signed into law within days, Congress added a rider to ban race-day doping of Thoroughbreds: the Horseracing Integrity and Safety (HISA) Safety Act. H.R. 1754/S. 4547, concluding an eight-year campaign … Read more
Washington, D.C. — Today, one of Washington D.C.’s major political daily publications, The Hill, released its annual list of honored Top Lobbyists of 2019 and included Animal Wellness Action’s executive director, Marty Irby. Irby was also named as one of The Hill’s Top Lobbyists for 2019. Irby, a lifelong horseman, and native of Mobile, Ala., … Read more
Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action (AWA), the Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF), Center for a Humane Economy (CHE), American Horse Protection Society, Join-Up International, and the Horses for Life Foundation commemorated the Golden Anniversary of the enactment of the bipartisan Horse Protection Act (HPA), signed into law on December 9, 1970 by … Read more
A Profile of Chris Gorman by Josh Marquis As attitudes about animal cruelty evolve, both new and old voices call for reduced tolerance of animal abuse and neglect. That call was heard recently in Kentucky, a state where cockfighting has been a barely concealed practice in the Bluegrass State. Among the leading voices denouncing this … Read more
by Wayne Pacelle In October, the U.S. District Court for the District of Guam turned aside a legal challenge to a 2018 amendment to the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 that made illegal the practice of pitting animals against one another in a fight, often to the death, in all U.S. states and territories. The … Read more
by Scott Beckstead Many of my fondest childhood memories are of time spent with my grandfather, a mink farmer in the small town of Franklin, Idaho, a short skip to the Utah border. A soft-spoken, kind, and generous man, my grandfather doted on his children, including my mother, and on me and his other grandkids. Grandpa … Read more
by Lain Kahlstrom Pet stores around the country have been under increasing scrutiny for selling dogs from overcrowded, inhumane puppy mills, conveying to customers that the dogs are raised by responsible breeders. Puppy mills are essentially “dog farms” that churn out as many puppies as possible, typically cutting corners on shelter and space, healthy food, veterinary … Read more
by Wayne Pacelle The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act on December 3rds by a vote of 272 to 114, eight months after the salacious reality television series “Tiger King” put the animal welfare and public safety issues of private ownership of tigers and lions on the American radar screen. The … Read more