Press Stateent PARKER COUNTY, Texasn— Animal Wellness Action applauded the Parker County Sheriff’s Office for its decisive and proactive investigation that led to the seizure of more than 350 chickens and felony animal cruelty charges against a man accused of operating a cockfighting training facility. According to authorities, deputies responding to an animal welfare check … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The public condemnation within Wyoming and across the rest of the nation to Cody Roberts running over a wolf with a snowmobile underscores that there is a national consensus that Congress should heed and take action to forbid the practice on all federal lands, according to Animal Wellness Action and the Center … Read more
Law enforcement leaders, especially in agricultural states with first-generation workers sometimes hailing from nations where animal fighting is widespread, understand that animal fighting spawns a crime wave and a disease threat, especially to poultry industries BOISE, Idaho — Animal Wellness Action today applauded major Idaho law enforcement organizations for urging Congress to strengthen federal laws … Read more
Animal advocates say that it is past time to dismantle dozens of illegal fighting pits in Oklahoma and deliver prison time and serious fines to lawbreakers like Anthony DeVore WASHINTON, D. C. — Animal Wellness Action expresses dismay that cockfighting ringleader Anthony DeVore received a pitifully small fine of $100 after being caught in a … Read more
Press Release Phoenix, Ariz.— Animal Wellness Action and Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) applaud the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for its recent enforcement action dismantling a suspected cockfighting operation near Buckeye, where multiple individuals were detained on Saturday. The bust represents a continued and encouraging trend of law enforcement efforts targeting animal hoarding, illegal … Read more
The Farm bill may be made in the USA, but key provisions of the 1,000-page legislation are built for corporations and elites in China If you want to see Washington at its worst, behold the hash of the current version of the 2026 Farm bill. “If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch … Read more
Press STATEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today praised the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and federal agencies following a major law enforcement operation on Saturday that dismantled an alleged organized cockfighting enterprise tied to broader criminal activity. The coordinated operation was the result of a months-long investigation into a large-scale illegal network involving cockfighting, gambling, … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today commended the swift and decisive actions of the Chaves County Sheriff’s Office in dismantling an illegal cockfighting operation in southeastern New Mexico that drew more than 100 participants. New Mexico was the 49th state to ban cockfighting, only outlawing staged knife fights between birds in 2007, with the late Governor … Read more
From mass shoots to killing contests, a veteran hunter examines how the treatment of crows reveals a deeper moral failure in modern wildlife culture. by Ted Williams Bird hunting is one of my passions, so related and tangentially related articles trickle into my inbox from friends. Today, for example, I unearthed a piece from Wyoming’s … Read more
While other nations shutter mink farms because they spread cruelty and contagion, our U.S. House Agriculture Committee wants to spend your money for fur ads in China It’s hard to imagine that the Farm bill could be much worse for animals and the American public. The legislation, now starting to snake its way through Congress, … Read more