Animal protection groups say the platform is flouting federal law by hosting sales of deadly gaffs and knives used in illegal animal fights. By the Editors The online marketplace Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) is facing accusations from leading animal welfare groups that it is facilitating the illegal sale of cockfighting weapons, including razor-sharp gaffs and knives … Read more
Ridglan Farms’ abuses highlight yet one more example that beagle procurement leads to inhumane treatment, poor testing results Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Rise for Animals, and other advocacy groups are urging the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. … Read more
If we give up now, there’ll be no stopping the timber industry and federal bureaucrats from attacks on forest owls and old-growth forests Senate Democrats voted last week not only to kill a half a million North American barred owls, but also to give Trump’s Department of the Interior the green light to start taking … Read more
SPENCER COUNTY — Animal Wellness Action today announced a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the killing of a dog in Spencer County, Indiana. The case, under investigation by the Spencer County Sheriff’s Office, involves a Doberman pinscher found tied to a pipeline marker and shot in … Read more
The action is one more reverberation from the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 There’s some major movement on the front end of the trade in dogs for use in laboratories. Ridglan Farms, the nation’s second-largest supplier of beagles for laboratory experiments, has agreed to surrender its license to breed and sell dogs for experimentation. This comes … Read more
Democrat senators defect en masse and allow shooters to slaughter owls This week, a nation of owl lovers and animal advocates had a chance to grab a perch and behold the passion and wit and smarts of a very prominent defender of animals — U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. He stood on the Senate floor, … Read more
Law enforcement’s decisive action in Hesperia and elsewhere sets model for eradicating animal fighting nationwide HESPERIA, Calif. — Animal Wellness Action today commended the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for its decisive and tenacious series of actions to dismantling illegal cockfighting networks, with yet one more interdiction of illegal animal fighting this past weekend. The … Read more
The plan will also enable killing of threatened spotted owls and also open up timber cutting in old growth forests WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today expressed deep disappointment with Democrat Senators for sinking a resolution led by Senator John Kennedy, R-La., to disapprove the U.S. Fish … Read more
BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), The Beagle Freedom Project, and Rise for Animals today cautiously celebrated the announcement, in the form of a settlement agreement, that Ridglan Farms will relinquish its license to breed and sell beagles for experimentation. … Read more
Barred owls and spotted owls are in the crosshairs We’ve learned in recent days that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s billion-dollar “Barred Owl Management Strategy” (BOMS) is not what it seems. It’s a scheme. A con job. A bait-and-switch. Sold to the public as a rescue mission for the threatened northern spotted owl, the … Read more