Critical insights at the intersection of animals and politics
Congresswoman deserves support for steadfast leadership on numerous animal welfare issues. Washington D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, a national policy and political organization seeking to enhance and advance legal protections for animals, has endorsed Andrea Salinas for re-election in the race for Oregon’s 6th congressional district. The group lauded her leadership on numerous animal welfare … Read more
Congresswoman is rightly standing in the way of an effort by foreign-owned agricultural giants to gut key animal housing laws that Washington farmers support Washington D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, a national policy and political organization seeking to enhance and advance legal protections for animals, has endorsed Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez for re-election in the … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Grand Lake, CO — Opponents of Prop 127 are revealing their true colors on wildlife management as voters make their decisions on the measure to halt the killing of mountain lions and bobcats for their heads, hides, and beautiful fur coats. It is the proponents of Prop 127 that have an extraordinary array … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Campaign finance update shows NRA, political group fund opposition, while The Wild Animal Sanctuary is Prop 127’s largest funder Grand Lake, CO – Today 119 of Colorado’s veterinarians released a public letter to support a ‘YES’ vote on Proposition 127, a state ballot measure to protect mountain lions and bobcats from inhumane hound … Read more
Congresswoman deserves support for steadfast leadership on numerous animal welfare issues. Washington D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, a national policy and political organization seeking to enhance and advance legal protections for animals, has endorsed Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán for re-election in the race for California’s 44th congressional district. The group lauded her work as the … Read more
Congressman deserves support for steadfast leadership on numerous animal welfare issues. Washington D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, a national policy and political organization seeking to enhance and advance legal protections for animals, has endorsed Mike Garcia for re-election in the race for California’s 27th congressional district. The organization has endorsed him in his two prior … Read more
Candidate deserves support for her strong commitment to lead on animal welfare issues. Washington D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, a national policy and political organization seeking to enhance and advance legal protections for animals, has endorsed Maggie Goodlander in the race for New Hampshire’s 2nd congressional district. The group lauded her strong commitment to be … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Vice chair and PhD biologist Richard Reading joins former Chair James Pribyl and current CPW Commissioners Jack Murphy and Jessica Beaulieu in stating that highly commercialized trapping and trophy hunting of big cats violates key tenets of wildlife management — Over the weekend, four of Colorado’s leading wildlife policymakers issued public statements urging … Read more
Law enforcement hit cockfight in Van Zandt — just the latest in a string of cockfighting busts occurring throughout the state Van Zandt County, TX — After a recent bust in Van Zandt County, Texas, animal welfare groups applauded local law enforcement officials for their work to shut down a suspected cockfighting ring. It is … Read more
Ballots will be mailed to 4.5 million Colorado voters today, and citizens can submit completed ballots at any time between now and Nov. 5. Prop 127 is a major focus for animal welfare advocates and conservationists in the Rocky Mountain State and the nation because it seeks to halt Colorado’s unnecessary and ruthless practices of … Read more