Author: Wayne Pacelle

What Element is Most Dangerous: Plutonium, Arsenic, Mercury, or Lead?

April 15, 2026

Farm Bill Goes Whole Hog in Embracing Factory Farming

April 3, 2026

Buried in the Rotten Heart of the House Farm Bill is a Multi-Million-Dollar Subsidy to the U.S. Mink Industry 

March 27, 2026

Congress Mishandling a Load of Manure from the National Pork Lobby

March 24, 2026

Federal Judge Tosses Out Justice Department Lawsuit Challenging California Laws Forbidding Extreme Cage Confinement of Laying Hens

March 20, 2026

The Eagles Have Landed. With a Thud. After Ingesting Spent Lead Ammo

March 18, 2026

National Park Service Units Must Be Off Limits to Bear Baiting

March 12, 2026

Lead Turns Life Dead

March 10, 2026

The Battle Over Animal Welfare in the Farm Bill

March 6, 2026

The Farm Bill is Bad for America and an Attack on Animal Welfare

February 24, 2026

From Mid-America to Manila: Exposing the Global Cockfighting Cartel

February 20, 2026

Progress on Animal Testing But Major Battles Loom

February 12, 2026

Congress Must Halt Live Exports of Equines to Mexico and Canada

February 10, 2026

New Federal Legislation Introduced to Stop Commercial Airlines from Trafficking of Fighting Birds to 30 Nations

February 5, 2026

The Scientific Debate Is Settled: Dispersed Lead Ammunition Is a Menace to Wildlife and People

January 29, 2026

Gestation Crates Have No Future in American Agriculture

January 27, 2026

Political Dustup in St. Landry Parish in Louisiana Reminds Us Why the FIGHT Act is So Urgently Needed

January 20, 2026

Victory: The Cow’s Milk Mandate in Public Schools Is Now History

January 15, 2026

There’s an Intercontinental Crime Wave of Animal Fighting in the Americas and Southeast Asia. The FIGHT Act Can Stop It

January 13, 2026

Marian Probst, founder of The Fund for Animals, Dies at 90

December 28, 2025

My Annual “Shareholder Letter” to You

December 26, 2025

Our Top 10 Gains, Battles for Animals in 2025

December 22, 2025

A Week of Battles on Capitol Hill Yields Two Major Gains for Animals

December 19, 2025

U.S. House Set to Vote on Bill to Remove Federal Protections for Wolves

December 15, 2025

Exposed: Etsy and eBay Selling Deadly Cockfighting Knives and Gaffs

December 1, 2025

Cody Roberts Pleads Not Guilty

November 14, 2025

Our New Plans to Protect Owls and Forests Won’t Work Without You

November 5, 2025

Senate Turns Back Sen. John Kennedy’s Heroic Plea for Sparing Owls

October 30, 2025

Our Research and Investigation Uncover Collusion by the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Timber Industry to Kill Owls

October 21, 2025

It’s the Moment of Truth for Barred Owls in the U.S. Senate

October 15, 2025

A Conversation with “Thee Owl Queen”

October 6, 2025

Big Pork Peddles False Claims to Obscure Its Efforts to Nullify the Nation’s Most Important Farm Animal Welfare Laws

September 5, 2025

Breaking News: Federal Government Racing Ahead with Plan to Start Shooting Thousands of Owls in September

August 29, 2025

Cody Roberts Indicted

August 21, 2025

Rationale for Barred Owl ‘Hoot and Shoot’ Cannot Withstand Careful Examination

August 19, 2025

Wolves, the Law, and the Incompatibility of Hatred and Stewardship

August 6, 2025

Good News, Bad News: Cody Roberts Facing Grand Jury Proceeding, But Wolves at Risk from Irrational Expressions of Hatred and Malice

August 1, 2025

Pork Trade Group Mounts Frontal Attack on Animal Welfare, States’ Rights, and Fair Markets

July 24, 2025

Government Declares ‘Forever War’ Against North American Forest Owls

July 23, 2025

Congress Taking Steps to Address Costly, Inhumane, and Unworkable Plan to Kill Nearly Half a Million Barred Owls

June 30, 2025

Umbro Agrees to Halt Use of Kangaroo Skins, as U.S. Senate Takes Up Issue

June 26, 2025

Wolves Are Being Crushed, Snared, and Hounded — We’re Fighting Back

June 20, 2025

One day after we expose cockfighting leaders, Congress introduces major anti-cruelty bill

June 13, 2025

Nation’s Leading Cockfighting Advocates Unmasked by Our Undercover Investigations

June 11, 2025

Senate Committee Backs Plant-Based Milk Choice in Historic Nutrition Policy Shift

June 4, 2025

A New and Improved Moral Footprint for the Athletic Shoe Industry

June 2, 2025

In Monumental Declaration, NIH Follows FDA and Says Agency Will Turn Away from Animal Testing

May 1, 2025

Animal Sacrifice: How the U.S. Government Tolerates the Ritual Killing of Eagles and Hawks

April 29, 2025

Pope Francis’ Warm Embrace of Protecting God’s Creation

April 21, 2025

FDA Announcement on Phasing Out Animal Testing a Remarkable Turnaround

April 11, 2025