Santa Barbara is one of at least 22 California counties that limit rooster numbers to enable law enforcement to shut down cockfighting operations without having to raid a cockfight in progress and put officers at risk from a mob of armed cockfighters. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.— Animal Wellness Action today applauded Santa Barbara County Animal … Read more
A ban on greyhound racing was added to the Farm bill, but there’s continuing debate over a range of other provisions, good and bad This week brought major developments in Congress on the long-delayed Farm bill, and I want you to hear directly from me about what happened inside the House Agriculture Committee — the … Read more
Press Release Groups thank bipartisan coalition of lawmakers who shepherded the measure to adoption WASHINGTON, D.C. — GREY2K USA Worldwide and Animal Wellness Action today celebrated the U.S. House Agriculture Committee’s adoption of the Greyhound Protection Act, H.R. 5017, by amendment into H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, also known as the … Read more
Animal Wellness Action applauds Cherokee Nation Attorney General for bringing charges for organized staged fights Tulsa, Okla. — Animal Wellness Action today praised law enforcement authorities for pursuing felony animal cruelty charges against a former county sheriff in connection with alleged cockfighting operations conducted on Cherokee Nation land in McIntosh County. According to court records, Jeff Coleman, … Read more
Raids of cockfighting complexes continue to reveal that California may have more illegal cockfighting than any other state San Francisco — Animal Wellness Action applauded the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office for raiding a cockfighting complex with more than 800 birds. Deputies discovered birds of the major fighting breeds, cockfighting knives, betting slips, and other telltale … Read more
The organizations urge the judge to reject this recommendation Sublette County, Wyo. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today condemned the proposed plea agreement in the felony animal cruelty case against Cody Roberts, calling it a “slap on the wrist for an act of extreme malice and torture against an … Read more
Paeans of praise are surfacing online among Mexican and American cockfighters after the killing of the “Lord of the Roosters” — one of the hemisphere’s most violent criminals who was obsessed with cockfighting Washington, D.C. – Underscoring the connection between malicious animal abuse and violence against people, the Mexican government’s killing this week of Nemesio … Read more
LOMPOC, Calif. — Animal Wellness Action announced it is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of the individual responsible for a disturbing act of animal cruelty currently under investigation in Lompoc. According to Santa Barbara County Animal Services, authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying a person of … Read more
The bill includes a partisan measure to overturn animal welfare laws, while omitting popular reforms to combat animal fighting, dog racing, horse slaughter This year’s Farm Bill — a grab bag of policies related to agriculture, research, and nutrition — would roll back existing legal protections for America’s farmers, farm animals, and consumers, all to … Read more
Our investigation documents how America has become the cockfighting breeding ground for the world, with the Philippines a central destination for U.S.-raised fighting animals There are moments in an investigation that sear themselves into memory. For our investigators at Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, that moment came inside the Smart … Read more