Author: Wayne Pacelle

Filmmakers’ “Rewind” Strategy Tells Story of Mobs of Kangaroos Killed for Athletic Shoes

February 23, 2021

Federal Lawmakers Want to Form “Animal Cruelty Crimes” Section at the U.S. Department of Justice

February 18, 2021

Killing for Kicks

February 11, 2021

Mink Farms and COVID-19: A Case Example of an Alarming Failure of Political and Scientific Leadership in the U.S.

February 9, 2021

Guam Passes Landmark Anti-Cruelty Law, but Politicians There and in Puerto Rico Play Fast and Loose with Cockfighting Prohibition

January 27, 2021

Will Tom Vilsack Make Animal Welfare a Priority At USDA?

January 25, 2021

U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Ban on Animal Fighting in Puerto Rico and Throughout the U.S.

January 15, 2021

Perpetrators of Political Violence Damage Civil Society, Including the Advance of Animal Welfare

January 12, 2021

Biden Administration Must Stand Up for Wildlife

January 7, 2021

Massive Spending Bill Contains Language to Step Up Federal Enforcement of our National Anti-Cruelty Laws

December 22, 2020

Humane Society of the U.S. Sows Confusion and Scuttles Federal Legislation to Impose Felony Level Penalties for Horse Soring

December 19, 2020

Are Mink Farms about to Undo the Work toward a COVID Vaccine?

December 14, 2020

Grassroots Fighter Against Soring Says Horses Cannot Afford Delays in Congressional Action to End Barbaric Practice

November 23, 2020

When the Prize Is Compromise

November 16, 2020

Priscilla Presley and Monty Roberts Join Animal Wellness Action Campaign to Advance Anti-Soring Legislation Through the U.S. Senate

November 12, 2020

An Urgent Moment to End the Scourge of Horse Soring in America

November 6, 2020

National Election Has Major Implications for All Animals

November 6, 2020

Trump Team’s Action to Remove Federal Protection for Endangered Wolves Days Before the Election Is Political Malpractice

October 29, 2020

Animal Wellness Tracks Biden, Trump, and Federal Lawmakers on Animal Issues

October 26, 2020

Animal Wellness Calls for Buy-Out of American Mink Farms

October 21, 2020

Animal Issues Scarce on 2020 Ballots, But Three Measures Warrant Attention from Animal Advocates

October 15, 2020

Our National Campaign to End Cockfighting Gathers More Momentum

October 1, 2020

Review and Interview

September 22, 2020

Kangaroos Are Not Shoes — Not Now and Not 50 Years Ago

September 20, 2020

Senators Introduce Landmark Legislation to Create Animal Cruelty Crimes Unit at U.S. Department of Justice

September 16, 2020

Mitch McConnell Saddles Up to End Doping and Address the Crisis in Horse Racing

September 1, 2020

Mink Farms Incubate Cruelty and COVID-19

August 24, 2020

In Wake of Tiger King, It’s Time to Pass Federal Legislation to Stop Exploitation of Big Cats

August 14, 2020

Cockfighters Hide Their Cruelty Behind the Banners of Religious Freedom and Cultural Prerogative

August 4, 2020

Lawmakers Introduce Federal Legislation to Close the Curtain on a Century of Greyhound Racing in America

July 29, 2020

Nike and Other Retailers Illegally Selling Kangaroo Skins in California, Finds Major Investigation

July 23, 2020

House Committees Urge Enforcing Anti-Cruelty Laws, Bar U.S. Horse Slaughter

July 10, 2020

Note to Law Enforcement: Shut Down the Gamecock Farms, Not Just the Fighting Pits

July 7, 2020

Retired Wildlife Management Official Touts Bear Bile As Health Treatment

June 25, 2020

Enforcing Animal Protection Laws As Important as Enacting Them

June 23, 2020

Criminal Cockfighting Syndicates Operating in Full View

June 11, 2020

Where Do Trump and Biden Stand on Animal Issues?

May 30, 2020

How Big Of A Tent Can We Build As We Rally To End Factory Farming?

May 21, 2020

Kangaroos Are Not Shoes

May 18, 2020

BLM Report Calls for Removal of Hundreds of Thousands of Horses In Next Decade from our Western Lands

May 14, 2020

America’s Least Essential Industry

May 12, 2020

Will the Pandemic Usher in the Humane Economy?

April 30, 2020

Listen Up! Episode #13: Greyhound Industry Teeters on the Brink as the Last Alabama Track Ends Live Racing

April 29, 2020

Listen Up! Episode #12: How FDA’s Onerous Animal-Testing Requirements Are Killing Animals And People

April 23, 2020

Challenging Cruelty in A Color-Blind Way Is Our Duty

April 21, 2020

Factory Farms May Pose Greater Public Health Threats Than Wet Markets

April 14, 2020

Cockfights Provide Ringside Seats for Transmitting Avian Influenza and Other Diseases

April 1, 2020

Are Thousands of Game Farms in the U.S. Spawning a Generation of Disease-Carrying Zombie Deer?

March 30, 2020

How is the COVID-19 Crisis and Shutdown Affecting Animals?

March 25, 2020

Looking at China’s Dangerous Animal-Use Practices, While Also Looking at Our Own Reckless Industries in the U.S.

March 21, 2020