Passage of this bill breaks an 80-year-long “cow’s milk mandate” in the National School Lunch Program and takes a step toward fixing a broken, wasteful program WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed an amended version of S. 222, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, that reinstates whole and 2% milk into school lunches … Read more
Are prairie dogs endangered? Prairie dogs are not federally listed as endangered, but their numbers have collapsed across the West. More than 95% of black-tailed prairie dogs — the most widespread of the five species—have been eliminated by habitat loss, poisoning campaigns, recreational shooting, and sylvatic plague. In 1998, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service … Read more
How myths, politics, and poisons like Rozol are pushing prairie dogs — and the wildlife that depend on them — toward collapse. by Ted Williams I have spent decades trying to understand America’s war on prairie dogs, a keystone species whose colonies support more than 150 other animals on the Great Plains. Varminters, who call themselves “hunters,” shoot … Read more
Reps. Simon, Costa, and McGovern lead a letter signed by 182 Democrats declaring the SOB Act a threat to family farmers and a welcome mat for foreign-owned factory farms WASHINGTON, D.C. — In defense of states’ rights, American agricultural sovereignty, and animal welfare, 182 Democrats in the U.S. House sent a letter to House Agriculture Committee Chairman … Read more
COOLIDGE, Ariz. — Animal Wellness Action today praised the Pinal County Attorney’s Office and its partners for securing 80 felony and misdemeanor indictments against two men charged in a widespread cockfighting operation uncovered by the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement (GIITE). A Grand Jury indicted 60-year-old Samuel Felix and 61-year-old Gerald … Read more
Driven by ideology rather than genuine economic concerns, the National Pork Producers Council is increasingly isolated in its quest to overturn state farm animal welfare laws The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is seeing massive defections within its ranks on its 15-year campaign to overturn Prop 12 and other state farm animal welfare laws. Drubbed … Read more
And Northern Rockies states also in denial about their cruel policies to wolves Cody Roberts has been arraigned in a Wyoming state court on a felony charge of animal cruelty for his horrific abuse of a young female wolf in early 2024. It’s about time. And it’s no surprise he’s pleading not guilty. The man … Read more
Leading animal welfare groups ask lawmakers to restore original design of the legislation and to help dogs get out of labs after they’ve been used in tests MADISON, Wis. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, Dane4Dogs, and allied organizations are calling on members of the Wisconsin Legislature to reject or remove the harmful Senate Amendment … Read more
“Penelope: The World of Each Other,” Compass Rose Publishing By Paul BochnerRelease Date: October 28, 2025 Review by Wayne Pacelle If you love animals, you’re neither unusual nor eccentric. You’re in good company — firmly in the mainstream of social behavior and thought. Human beings need others for emotional well-being. Animals, as it turns out, … Read more
Press Release Association representing all 77 sheriffs says it’s time to eradicate cockfighting in Oklahoma and has urged Oklahoma federal lawmakers to help pass FIGHT Act TULSA — Declaring that the FIGHT Act “provides urgently needed tools to combat the widespread and highly organized animal fighting that continues to threaten public safety, law and order, and … Read more