Author: Wayne Pacelle

Federal Dogfighting Case of Former NFL Player Should Be Trigger to Create Animal Cruelty Crimes Section at U.S. Department of Justice

March 26, 2025

Our Offensive Against Cockfighting Crimes in Texas and on the U.S. Border with Mexico

March 19, 2025

The Australian Government Masters Misdirection and Double-Speak in Defending the World’s Largest Slaughter of Native Wildlife

March 13, 2025

USDA’s New Leader Gets it All Wrong on Bird Flu and Prop 12

February 27, 2025

A Plea to Federal Law Enforcement to Address Cruelty and Its Consequences

February 21, 2025

Heavy Thoughts About Lead and Hunting

February 18, 2025

It’s Time for National Leaders to Understand Magnitude, Impact of Animal Fighting Crime Wave

February 11, 2025

The USDA MUST Change Its Approach to Bird Flu

February 3, 2025

DOGE Can Save Billions by Slashing Spending for Animal Cruelty

January 21, 2025

Year in Review: 10 Areas of Progress in 2024

December 26, 2024

Cockfighters Kill Endangered Turtles to Make Fighting Implements

December 17, 2024

In a Major New Investigation, Animal Wellness Action Uncovers and Documents Rampant Illegal Cockfighting Syndicates in Arkansas

November 28, 2024

Trophy Lion Hunts in America in Same Vile Category as African Hunts

November 4, 2024

On the Federal Government’s Plan to Slaughter Barred Owls, We Tell Wildlife Agency We’ll See You in Court

November 1, 2024

Former USFWS director guts phony arguments of 127 opponents

October 26, 2024

American Mountain Lion Trophy Hunting Enthusiasts Trot Out a Stream of False Information in Prop 127 Fight

October 11, 2024

Prop 127 Aims to Halt Shocking Scale of Trophy Hunting of Native Cats in Colorado

September 30, 2024

U.S. Senators, for the First Time Ever, Tell Australia They’ll Work to Close U.S. Market to Kangaroo Skins

September 26, 2024

U.S. Senators Tell FDA to Move Beyond Animal Tests Toward Better, More Humane Methods

September 18, 2024

Federal Courts Close One Last Door on Legal Cockfighting in Our Nation

September 3, 2024

Mountain Lions Offer More Than a Pretty Face and a Fine Physique

August 27, 2024

Federal Plan to Massacre Native Barred Owls Impractical, Costly, and Cruel

July 13, 2024

Global Cockfighting and Its Role in the American Border Crisis

July 3, 2024

Republican Leaders of House Agriculture Committee Insert China’s EATS Act Provision in Farm Bill, Seeking Overturn of U.S. Animal Welfare Laws

May 14, 2024

Victory! Sokito Adds to Roster of Athletic Shoe Companies Ditching Kangaroo Skins

April 15, 2024

Federal Plan to Massacre Native Barred Owls Impractical, Costly, and Cruel

April 3, 2024

China’s Smithfield Foods Pushes the EATS Act in Congress

March 19, 2024

National Mink Farming Ban Introduced as Evidence Implicates Mink Farms in Spread of Deadly Bird Flu Virus

March 13, 2024

The Cage Age in American Agriculture Must Face Its Sunset

February 12, 2024

Effort in Congress to Overturn Prop 12 Eats at American Democracy and Values

January 24, 2024

Cruelty to Animals Should Never Be Viewed as an Export Opportunity

January 17, 2024

A Game Plan to Help Domesticated and Wild Animals in ’24

December 26, 2023

Supreme Court Ruling on Prop 12, Nike Halting Sourcing of Kangaroo Skins for Shoes Among Our Top Gains in 2023

December 18, 2023

First-Ever Farm Animal Welfare Rules Enshrined in Federal Law

October 30, 2023

A Pentagon Official, Puerto Rico’s Governor, and the Scourge of Animal Fighting

October 13, 2023

Adidas Persists in Sourcing Kangaroos for Shoes, Even as All Major Competitors Shed the Skins

October 9, 2023

With a Moral Consensus Against Animal Fighting, Why Is It Still So Prevalent?

September 17, 2023

The National Pork Producers Attack on American Elections

August 25, 2023

China, the EATS Act, and the Attempt to Erode American Democracy

July 6, 2023

National Legislation to End Greyhound Racing Commerce Should Be Urgent Concern for Animal Advocates

June 12, 2023

Bears, “Milked” and Killed for the Bile, Are One of the Least-Known Victims of COVID-19 Pandemic

May 19, 2023

Dogfighting and Cockfighting: A Double Dose of Murder and Mayhem, Cruelty and Contagion

April 29, 2023

Pro-Cockfighting Bills Expected to Fail in Oklahoma Legislature

April 10, 2023

Nike and Puma Announce the End of Their Roles As Market Financiers of Kangaroo Slaughter

March 14, 2023

Animal Wellness Podcast: The Criminal and Viral Infectivity of Cockfighting

March 3, 2023

Landmark Investigation Throws Back the Curtain on Ruthless Trafficking and Slaughter of American Horses to Canada and Mexico

February 13, 2023

Nike Grossly Fails Test of Social Responsibility by Driving Mass Slaughter of Kangaroos for Soccer-Cleat Manufacturing

January 23, 2023

Fighting and Winning for All Animals

December 30, 2022

Congress Eliminates 1930s Animal-Testing Requirement

December 27, 2022

UPDATED: Congress Ends Shark Fin Trade

December 15, 2022