Critical insights at the intersection of animals and politics
HHS Secretary Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Makary signal movement away from animal testing while a group of bipartisan lawmakers introduce the FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and Animal Wellness Foundation lauded a bipartisan set of lawmakers in the House of Representatives — many of whom … Read more
Elizabeth City, N.C. — Animal Wellness Action assisted the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office with a cockfighting-related animal cruelty investigation and seizure of more than 50 ill and suffering roosters and hens from a location near Elizabeth City, N.C., in late March. Warrants for the arrest of three individuals have been issued, and an investigation is … Read more
The boorish treatment of Congress by the FDA includes dismissing legislation seeking to modernize the ailing agency By Zaher Nahle, PhD MPA When announcing his nominee for the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), President Donald Trump was point-blank in stating that the “FDA has lost the trust of Americans, and has lost … Read more
Press Release Senate committee preserves the state’s anti-cockfighting law after witnesses exposed a deceptive bill and the transparent motivations of its cockfighting boosters Little Rock, AK — Just two days after the Arkansas House of Representatives approved HB 1611 to roll back the state’s popular and comprehensive anti-cockfighting law, the Senate Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly quashed the … Read more
Press Release With up to half of the 30 million kids in the National School Lunch Program with lactose intolerance, doubling down on the milk mandate will translate into more student discomfort and illness and more food and fiscal waste Washington, D.C. — After the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee assembled a set of boosters of … Read more
Press Release The state has one of the strongest laws in the nation, and HB 1611 would gut that law in a campaign organized and conducted by known Oklahoma cockfighters Little Rock, AK — Yesterday, at the same time that Arkansas House members passed HB 1611 to remove prohibitions against a wide range of cockfighting … Read more
Animal Wellness Action and SHARK investigators sniff out, document, and trigger break-up of fourth Texas cockfighting derby in March Dallas TX — For the fourth time in the last month, and acting on tips from concerned citizens, Animal Wellness Action and Showing Animals and Kindness (SHARK) have been on site to document a series of … Read more
You can listen to this article here: Before then-National Football League phenom Michael Vick reminded the American public that dogfighting was an ongoing scourge, there was LeShon Johnson. The Oklahoma native and former NFL player ran Krazyside Kennels in the early 2000s and was convicted under state law in 2004 for his dogfighting ways. Yesterday, … Read more
This kind of robust enforcement, plus stronger anti-cruelty laws, is needed to wipeout animal-fighting ventures in America Broken Arrow, OK — Animal-welfare advocates applauded federal officials at the FBI and the Department of Justice for the arrest of Broken Arrow man Leshon Eugene Johnson, the former NFL running back and kick returner, following a grand … Read more
Incident is another indicator of the need for upgrade of state and federal laws to eradicate illegal staged animal fighting, animal welfare groups say Greenfield, CA — Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, applauded the work of Greenfield Police for making a cockfighting interdiction outside of city limits Friday night, where 40 … Read more