The U.S. House is taking up a bill today to allow hunters to keep dispersing thousands of tons of lead on our public lands I am just amazed at how people rationalize their needless killing and torment of animals. I am talking today about the mass use of lead ammunition in sport hunting in America. … Read more
ALBANY, NY — The Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action have filed a formal petitionwith the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) calling on the agency to initiate rulemaking to prohibit the ongoing use of lead-based ammunition for sport hunting across the state’s fields and forests and marshlands. The groups assert that the … Read more
Tell the National Park Service: Don’t Turn Preserves into Bear-Baiting Grounds The National Park Service has proposed a rule that would allow bear baiting and other extreme predator-killing practices on 22 million acres of national preserves in Alaska. This proposal would reverse longstanding wildlife protections and permit hunters to lure grizzly and black bears with … Read more
Political leaders at the Interior Department making one more run to allow garbaging for grizzly bears and black bears on lands in Alaska never meant for such reckless, unfair conduct Where bears are found across America’s public lands — whether managed by the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or … Read more
Wayne Pacelle, upon learning that Judge Richard Lavery has conditionally accepted the plea agreement in the Cody Roberts case, had this reaction on a case that has drawn national attention and engaged millions of Americans: “Kudos to Sublette County Attorney Clayton Melinkovich for successfully prosecuting Cody Roberts for felony animal cruelty. He handled this case with honor and courage. The savage … Read more
Former Colonel and Past Leader of the U.S. Army Veterinary Command says DOD sheds light on inadequate living conditions, neglect, and even deaths of military dogs WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and Animal Wellness Foundation call for immediate action to resolve the institutional failures that have led to … Read more
Lead poisons and kills dozens of wildlife species and is also an acute threat to hunting families and others eating wild game shot with the toxic, irreducible metal ALBANY, N.Y. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, key Audubon organizations across New York, and more than 15 other organizations today announced the filing of … Read more
Lead ammo by the numbers: 80,000 tons of lead ammo on 1.5 billion acres, 20 million animals killed, 60 million Americans eating lead-inflected game meat Bald eagles are dying. It’s not DDT of yesteryear causing reproductive failure. Eagles are perishing from plumbism, or lead poisoning. It’s happening from Alaska to Florida. According to the Wildlife … Read more
BUCKEYE, Ariz. — Animal Wellness Action today commended the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for arresting a woman on multiple counts of animal cruelty after nearly two dozen dogs were discovered in squalid, unsafe conditions near Buckeye in the West Valley. The arrest underscores the urgent need to enforce laws against hoarding, a severe form of animal … Read more
The agency will get people killed by allowing the feeding of black and grizzly bears on lands visited by hikers and other forest users. WASHINGTON — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today condemned a proposed rule from the National Park Service (NPS) to unwind a very conservative 2024 regulation banning the use … Read more