Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, and the Center for a Humane Economy have called on Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to coordinate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to coordinate a government buy-out program for the state’s mink farms, after COVID-19 outbreaks have infected and killed tens of thousands of … Read more
Press Release Washington, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act tonight 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 … Read more
Press Release Washington, D.C. — The trade in big cats for the pet trade and for cub petting always turns out badly for the animals, and it often turns out badly for people who cross paths with them, a coalition of lawmakers, law enforcement leaders, and animal welfare groups asserted as the House prepares to … Read more
Press Release Contact:Marty Irby • 202-821-5686marty@animalwellnessaction.org House leadership encouraged to preserve bipartisan amendment in final FY21 spending deal WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., joined by 21 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, today sent a letter to House Leadership requesting it retain his Interior and Environment appropriations amendment requiring the Bureau … Read more
Press Release Contact:Marty Irby • 202-821-5686marty@animalwellnessaction.org While the U.S. House Has Taken Beneficial Actions to Help Protect Horses, the U.S. Senate Has Been Silent Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, Center for a Humane Economy, American Horse Protection Society, and Horses for Life Foundation called on the U.S. Senate to … Read more
Press Release Nashville, Tennessee — Today Animal Wellness Action (AWA), the Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF), the Center for a Humane Economy, Horses for Life Foundation, American Horse Protection Society, and key stakeholders in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry announced a historic effort that seeks to end soring, protect the Tennessee Walking Horse and the breed, … Read more
With Denmark to kill 17 million mink to stop mutating coronavirus outbreak, Animal Wellness Action and other groups to call on government agencies to prevent outbreaks of deadly virus already infecting 100,000 Americans a day in U.S. Washington, D.C. — With COVID-19 cases ricocheting throughout the global mink industry — including in Denmark where its military … Read more
Illegal animal fighting receding on Guam but it has not yet been eliminated Washington, D.C. — The illegal movement of fighting animals from U.S. states to Guam has dramatically declined during the last year, according to shipping records from the Guam Department of Agriculture (GDOA) and recently obtained and reviewed by Animal Wellness Action (AWA) … Read more
Declining Mink Industry Mainly Serves China, and Continued Operations Are No Longer Worth the Risk to U.S. Communities Washington, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, and the Center for a Humane Economy called on Oregon Governor Kate Brown to coordinate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to coordinate a government … Read more
Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action (AWA), and the Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF) called on the U.S. Senate to take up the Horse Transportation Safety Act, H.R. 1400, and for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to step up its existing regulatory enforcement program after yesterday’s news that 14 horses met a violent and tragic … Read more