The supporters of Animal Wellness Action and readers of The Policy Animal have truly made a difference for our iconic American wild horses and burros in the past few weeks. Many of you read several of our most recent blogs regarding the BLM’s Draconian plan to roundup horses and burros on public lands and turn … Read more
Congressmen Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., and Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., today introduced legislation to wind down greyhound racing in the United States, offering the prospect of the end of an animal-centered spectator sport that once annually put 40,000 dogs on American racing tracks, drew millions of fans who marveled at the explosive speed of the wisp-thin animals, … Read more
Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, American Horse Protection Society, and Horses for Life Foundation applauded U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, for shepherding to passage an amendment increasing funding for equine assisted therapy for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Adaptive Sports Grant Program by $5 million. The measure passed the … Read more
Amendments Taking Up for Massive 2021 Spending Bill Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three key animal protection amendments conceived and advocated for by Animal Wellness Action and the Animal Wellness Foundation. The measures will be included in the full spending package: H.R. 7608, the State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, … Read more
Athletic shoe companies drive the killing of 2 million kangaroos a year in Australia Here’s a revelation for consumers in the hunt for athletic footwear: commercial shooters massacre more than two million kangaroos a year for our kicks. More precisely, for soccer shoes. The practice of selling kangaroo-skin shoes is legal in 49 states. But … Read more
Press Release Groups Applaud Bipartisan Team of Lawmakers for Leadership to Protect America’s Wild Horses & Burros Washington, D.C. – The American Wild Horse Campaign, Animal Wellness Action, and the Animal Wellness Foundation applauded the House Rules Committee for advancing a bipartisan amendment, championed by U.S. Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN), Dina Titus (D-NV), Raul Grijalva … Read more
Press Release Olympians, including Gold Medalists Heather Mitts (soccer) and David Verburg (track and field), urge Nike to stop fueling annual slaughter of 2 million kangaroos California – More than one hundred California stores and online retailers – including Nike, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Puma, and Amazon-owned Zappos – are illegally selling athletic shoes made of … Read more
Press Release Advocacy groups push for House floor amendment to allocate $11 million of the current budget to PZP birth control to humanely manage wild horse and burro populations, Curbing Amount Spent on Roundups and Incarceration Washington, D.C. — Today, the American Wild Horse Campaign, Animal Wellness Action, and the Animal Wellness Foundation applauded the … Read more
Washington D.C. — Today Animal Wellness Action (AWA) and Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF) applauded the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), led by Chairman Jose Serrano, D-N.Y. and Ranking Member Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., for urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to enhance its work to prosecute federal animal cruelty crimes, … Read more
Press Release grace@americanwildhorsecampaign.org Washington, D.C. — Today, two of the nation’s leading wild horse protection and humane organizations expressed disappointment with the U.S. House Appropriations Committee’s decision this morning to approve Fiscal Year 2021 Interior appropriations legislation giving the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) $102 million for its wild horse and burro program. In a … Read more
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