Agriculture Committee head also tried (but failed) to gut the greyhound racing ban. The U.S. Senate can correct outcomes at odds with American values I’m still in southern Wisconsin, where the community is abuzz with excitement about the accord I announced yesterday between the Center for a Humane Economy, Big Dog Ranch Rescue, and Ridglan … Read more
This mass movement of dogs is an indicator of larger trend to wind down the use of beagles and other animals in archaic, painful experiments BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. —The Center for a Humane Economy and Big Dog Ranch Rescue today announced an agreement with Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin-based breeder of dogs for laboratory research, to … Read more
We’re on the ground in south-central Wisconsin, poised to lay our hands on 1,500 beagles who were born in a complex owned by Ridglan Farms I’m writing you just minutes before our press conference in Madison, Wis., to announce a whiplash-like turnaround in the fortunes of beagles held since birth at the second-largest beagle breeding … Read more
“The Rules Committee blocked four GOP-led amendments on animal welfare that were headed to passage, including the Luna-Costa-Garbarino amendment to nix a provision to federally preempt state laws to combat extreme and inhumane confinement of breeding pigs,” said Pacelle. “The Agriculture Committee should not be allowed to wipe out the votes of 10 million American … Read more
We just shut down the world’s biggest cockfighting pipeline: Fighting Birds Shipped from the U.S. to the Philippines via this major air carrier Today marks one of the most significant non-legislative breakthroughs we’ve ever secured in our quest to eradicate animal fighting in the United States and across the globe. After months of investigations, and … Read more
Recent investigations into smuggling of fighting birds triggered legislation from U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls to halt transnational shipments of tens of thousands of birds WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following a series of investigations by Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Dallas Morning News, and then the subsequent introduction of federal legislation targeting … Read more
U.S. House debate on the bill, replete with provisions to benefit foreign companies and a relative handful of foreign consumers, is here The American public cares deeply about animal well-being. You wouldn’t know it, though, if you dig into the legislative details of the Farm Bill – better defined as the “Factory Farm Bill” – … Read more
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson has put an ugly thumbprint on an inhumane farm bill There have always been hardened opponents of the most important social causes in American history – whether the “fire-eaters” who defended slavery in the antebellum South, the men who mocked women’s suffrage just more than a century ago, or … Read more
Press Release Ill-timed bill comes just months after the biggest athletic shoe brands, including Nike, New Balance, and Adidas, halt their sourcing of kangaroo skins for soccer shoes SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee dismissed a desperate, ill-considered legislative gambit to repeal California’s long-standing, court-tested prohibition on the import, sale, and … Read more
$2,500 Reward Offered Leading to Arrest and Prosecution of Perpetrators WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action announced it will provide a cash reward for information about the perpetrators of a horrific animal abuse case in Will County, Illinois centered around six dogs found dead in trash bags with all the telltale signs of dogfighting abuses. The … Read more