New report reveals mountain lions limit spread of brain-wasting disease in deer and elk and protecting them may save billions in outdoor recreational activities in Colorado You can listen to this article here: Mountain lions are hell on zombie deer and elk roaming the Rockies. The map below tells the story of mountain lions and … Read more
Press Release Trophy hunters kill adult mountain lions experienced in killing traditional prey, impairing big cats from removing neurologically impaired deer and elk Colorado — A new report by Jim Keen, DVM, PhD, a former USDA veterinarian and infectious disease scientist, reveals that mountain lions play a key role in reducing the spread and the … Read more
Press Release Group urges voters in Senate District 33 to vote for ‘anyone but Shelley Gwartney’ in the August 27th run-off primary. Tulsa, OK — Animal Wellness Action today urged Republican primary voters in Oklahoma Senate District 33 (Broken Arrow, Tulsa) to reject Shelley Gwartney in her quest for that seat because of her full-throated acceptance … Read more
Animal Wellness calls on Talladega County Sheriff to investigate self-described ‘dog trainer’ Jeff McArthur for acts of cruelty that he narrates in a YouTube video Talladega County, AL — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy issued demands today that local law enforcement authorities investigate and bring all appropriate charges against an … Read more
Tennessee law enforcement joins National Sheriffs’ and hundreds of other agencies and organizations in signaling illegal animal fighting is rampant and must be pulled up at the roots Washington, D.C. — National animal-welfare groups applauded the Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association (TSA) for endorsing the FIGHT Act in Congress and urging the state’s U.S. Senators and Representatives … Read more
Federal and county law enforcement taking on more cases, breaking up more cockfighting and dogfighting rings Riverside, CA — Leaders of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy praised the FBI for its Sunday break-up of a cockfighting ring in the Inland Empire, exercising a federal anti-animal fighting law that can deliver … Read more
Sheriffs organizations nationwide have swung behind a national bill called the FIGHT Act to provide more tools for law enforcement to crack down on animal-fighting crimes Buckley, WA — The recent raid on an abandoned building in Pierce county, Wash., revealed evidence — including 140 roosters — of a massive cockfighting ring in Buckley, and … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Initiative to stop using dog packs and traps to catch and kill unoffending mountain lions, bobcats, and lynx for their heads and fur will face voters in November Colorado — The Secretary of State has confirmed today, with an official statement of sufficiency, that the Cats Aren’t Trophies campaign has enough signatures to … Read more
Press Release Major bust in Granville County may lead to unraveling a larger cockfighting network providing fighting birds to illegal pits throughout North Carolina and trafficking of fighting animals to Mexico and to other far-off outposts Granville County, NC — The cockfighting bust led by the Granville County Sheriff’s Office has produced evidence of involvement … Read more
Franz is a strong, proven leader in managing public lands and is dedicated to wildlife Washington, D.C. —± Animal Wellness Action endorses Democrat Hilary Franz to win her primary election, in her bid to represent the 6th Congressional District in Washington State. Franz is Commissioner of Public Lands for Washington state, and the Democratic primary takes place … Read more