WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today praised the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and collaborating agencies for their coordinated raid on a suspected dogfighting operation that resulted in the rescue of over 40 dogs and felony charges against three individuals. “Dogfighting is as barbaric as humans can get, and we applaud the work of law enforcement … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today praised the Kentucky Sheriffs’ Association for endorsing the bipartisan Fighting Inhumane Gambling and High-Risk Trafficking (FIGHT) Act, federal legislation designed to crack down on dogfighting and cockfighting rings that continue to operate across the United States, including in Kentucky, a national hotbed … Read more
Judge Donald Molloy rebukes the Fish and Wildlife Service for ignoring irresponsible, politically driven state policies that are putting wolves at risk In a detailed and damning 105-page ruling issued yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy in Montana took the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to task for illegally denying protections to gray … Read more
MISSOULA, Mont. — Today, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Montana vacated the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) decision refusing to restore Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for gray wolves in the Western United States, siding with Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, Project Coyote, Footloose Montana, the Gallatin Wildlife Association, … Read more
Johnson is a repeat offender, and the jury rejected his false claim that he was simply a dog breeder. Possession of animals for fighting purposes is a felony under both state and federal law. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today applauded the federal jury’s guilty verdict in the case of former NFL player LeShon … Read more
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