Council will play a role in putting veterinarians in a stronger leadership role in national advocacy campaigns for animals LOS ANGELES — The Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF) and Animal Wellness Action (AWA) announced the formation of their National Veterinary Council, with members bringing collective medical and advocacy experience for companion animals, farm animals, horses, and wildlife. … Read more
Animals have always been at the center of the human experience — from our first upright steps as hunters and gatherers, through the era of domestication, and into the industrial and technological ages. Throughout the arc of human history, animals have served us as companions, sentries, herders, hunting partners, laborers, soldiers, and in countless other … Read more
Animal Wellness Action is also Working to Fund and Promote Enforcement Five years after a small group of serious-minded Republican and Democrat lawmakers first introduced the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the measure on Tuesday evening, sending it to the President for his signature. The House gave the … Read more
Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act Headed to the President’s Desk WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act by unanimous consent. The bill, led by U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), would establish the first federal anti-cruelty law. The House of Representatives also recently … Read more
2019 has been a tumultuous and tragic year in American horseracing, and as today brings the season to an end, The Breeders’ Cup will crown its 36th World Champion of Thoroughbred Horseracing at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The average American might recognize the track from the award-winning movie Seabiscuit — a legend who … Read more
This week, the U.S. Senate passed a multi-agency spending bill, including funding for the Agriculture, Interior, Justice, and Transportation Departments. At Animal Wellness Action, we had some major victories, but the Senate funded a proposal by two leading animal welfare groups that would translate into mass round-ups of wild horses and burros, perhaps more than … Read more
It’s now a matter of enforcement. In issuing an order yesterday that rejected the claims of cockfighting clubs to invalidate a portion of our national anti-animal fighting law, U.S. District Court Judge Gustavo Gelpi settled two lingering questions: 1) does the federal law against animal fighting apply to the five U.S. territories, and 2) does the federal … Read more
Washington, D.C. — In an order issued this week, U.S. District Court Judge Gustavo A. Gelpi rejected claims by Club Gallistico and other cockfighters in Puerto Rico challenging an amendment to the Animal Welfare Act that seeks to apply our federal anti-animal fighting laws to all parts of the United States, including the Commonwealth of Puerto … Read more
Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – New polling released today by the American Wild Horse Campaign finds a strong bipartisan majority of Americans oppose a new plan to round up mass numbers of federally protected wild horses and burros from America’s Western public lands. The plan, which would reduce wild herds by 70%, is currently being touted … Read more
“Wildlife crimes undermine national security and cause immense cruelty to animals.”— Marty Irby, executive director at Animal Wellness Action WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the United States Senate passed the Rescuing Animals With Rewards (RAWR) Act, S. 1590, introduced by U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Susan Collins (R-ME). It’s first stand-alone animal protection measure to … Read more
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