Congress may take up legislation in September to remove federal protections for wolves across more than 15 states You can listen to an AI-generated reading of this story here: In February 2024, a man in Wyoming committed an act of cruelty so malicious that a wave of moral outrage rolled across the globe. Cody Roberts, … Read more
GPS-collared lion lured from Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and killed despite being part of critical Oxford University conservation study WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Center for a Humane Economy today condemned the killing of Blondie, a five-year-old African lion lured out of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and killed by a trophy hunter reportedly from Ashland, Ohio. … Read more
PERRY HALL, Md. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy are deeply disturbed by the sickening case of a severely burned and dead fawn found tied with ropes in a residential street in Baltimore County earlier this week. This hideous act has rightly shattered residents’ sense of safety and compassion in … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Calling the federal government’s barred owl kill plan “unworkable, costly, and inhumane,” Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today praised the introduction of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution by Senators John Kennedy, R-La., and Rand Paul, R-Ky. SJR 69 is a companion to HJR 111, introduced last week by Reps. … Read more
Press Release Yet the sheriff’s office failed to investigate after field investigators with the organizations reported malicious abuse at a cockfighting derby, missing a chance to apprehend dozens involved in felony cruelty and other crimes in Allegan County last Saturday. Allegan, Mich. — Reacting to an investigation on Saturday conducted by their field personnel that includes … Read more
New report from top agricultural scientists uncovers deception, false claims, and a plan to benefit foreign-owned factory farms You can listen to an AI-generated reading of this story here: The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has long campaigned to block even the most basic humane treatment standards for animals raised for food — especially since … Read more
Lawmakers in Congress introduce resolution to nullify the billion-dollar barred owl massacre You can listen to an AI-generated reading of this story here: You’ve heard me sound the alarm about the costly, inhumane, and unworkable plan by our own federal government to massacre nearly half a million North American barred owls. Today, I am happy … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today praised the introduction of a bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution led by Reps. Troy Nehls, R-Texas; Josh Harder, D-Calif.; Scott Perry, R-Pa.; and Adam Gray, D-Calif., to nullify the Biden-era “Barred Owl Management Strategy”—an unprecedented, costly, and unworkable plan to … Read more
Animal wellness organizations issue report ahead of House Agriculture Committee hearing that’s a show-and-tell opportunity for National Pork Producers Council WASHINGTON, D.C. — In advance of a House Agriculture Committee hearing devoid of any witnesses who favor states’ rights or are concerned about inordinate influence of China over the U.S. pork sector, Animal Wellness Action and the … Read more
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle demand that government neither fund nor orchestrate the unprecedented slaughter of North American owls WASHINGTON — In an additional blow to the Biden-era plan to shoot over 450,000 barred owls in the Pacific Northwest, the Trump Administration has terminated three federal “bridge” grants critical to launching the U.S. Fish … Read more