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52 arrests, 50 roosters found (some in bags), dogs in inhumane conditions seized along with $37K cash Galloway Township, N.J. — In the wake of a massive bust on area cockfighters, Wayne Pacelle of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy is calling on members of New Jersey’s Congressional delegation to double … Read more
Cockfighting and dogfighting are cruel, widespread, and tangled up with other crimes Washington, D.C. — In a letter to President Biden, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas, D-Ore., called on his administration to endorse the Fighting Inhumane Gambling and High-Risk Trafficking (FIGHT) Act to crack down on the barbaric and lawless practices of dogfighting and cockfighting from Puerto … Read more
Lawmakers say overturning state laws to benefit foreign interests violates conservative principles Washington, D.C. — In yet one more signal that the EATS Act is viewed as an attack on states’ rights to benefit China’s hold on the American pork industry, 10 conservative Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives today sent a letter to House … Read more
Press Release Louisville, KY — Animal Wellness Action and Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) publicly endorsed SB 243, by Sen. Greg Elkins, R-Winchester, to make cockfighting a felony in Kentucky. “In addition to playing host to an extraordinary number of fighting arenas, Kentucky is at the center of the American and global cockfighting industry, with major … Read more
Animal welfare group urges voters in House District 94 to vote for ‘anyone but long-time dogfighting enthusiast Stoney Greene in the March 5th primary. Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today urged Republican primary voters in North Carolina House District 94 to reject Wilkes County Commissioner Stoney Greene in his quest for that seat because of … Read more
HB 3136 fails to get a hearing in its first House Committee, killing that bill. Two bills that carried over from 2023 are stalled in the Senate. Oklahoma City, OK – The latest legislative measure to unwind the state law making cockfighting a felony died an early death, with its first key committee not taking up … Read more
Key lawmakers from both parties seek to build on FDA Modernization Act with 3.0 version to accelerate movement toward 21st-century human-biology-based testing methods. We will never forget the plight of the beagles mistreated by Envigo. It didn’t take an eagle eye or beagle nose to sniff out abuses at the Virginia-based dog breeding facility. After … Read more
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, and the Animal Wellness Foundation thanked leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for hearing testimony on “Legislative Proposals to Support Patients with Rare Diseases”, which included H.R. 7248, the FDA Modernization Act 3.0 (H.R. 7248). Animal wellness groups submitted testimony for the hearing, further articulating the … Read more
Millions of hunters have already switched to copper, steel, and non-toxic metals for ammunition. Washington D.C. — Today, U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., introduced legislation to phase out the use of lead ammunition on National Wildlife Refuges. The legislation will reduce needless, incidental poisoning of millions of wild animals by lead … Read more
Press Release SHARK, Animal Wellness Action demand authorities act against staged shoots — this one featuring 15,000 imported, domesticated pigeons to be shot in competition in an orgy of killing. Okeechobee, Fla. — According to sources, there were about 15,000 pigeons shot at a “Swamp Shoot-Out” at the Quail Creek Hunting Ranch in Okeechobee, Fla., … Read more