Congress banned domestic horse slaughter years ago, yet thousands of American horses are still shipped overseas to be killed. Twenty years ago, in testimony delivered to the members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, the late wildcatter and billionaire businessman T. Boone Pickens rightly labeled horse slaughter “America’s dirty little secret.” Most lawmakers … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action applauds the Nash County Sheriff’s Office and Nash County Animal Control for their decisive action that culminated in the removal of more than 650 roosters and the arrest of individuals allegedly involved in a large-scale cockfighting operation in Middlesex, N.C. Deputies responding to a warrant on January 20 discovered … Read more
First-time candidate is a stalwart animal protection advocate, and group urges Democrats in Pennsylvania’s Third Congressional District to vote for him Washington, D.C.— Animal Wellness Action, a national policy and political organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing legal protections for animals, today announced its endorsement of Pablo McConnie-Saad in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania’s 3rd … Read more
Press Release SAN ANTONIO – Busts of cockfights in progress by the sheriffs of Bexar County and Freestone County are additional indicators of the extensive underground network of these illegal operations. They are also markers of the partnership between law enforcement and leading animal welfare groups intent on shutting down these organized criminal syndicates. Undercover … Read more
Lawmakers, governors, public health agency leaders want to expedite transition to human-relevant testing methods and to halt unethical, ineffective, costly uses of primates Washington, D.C. — The Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action welcomed news from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to gauge the feasibility of transitioning the Oregon National Primate … Read more
Our undercover investigators expose how U.S. cockfighters traffic birds overseas — fueling organized crime, violence, and a global cruelty enterprise Every day last week, one of our brave investigators sent me dispatches from Manila, where he was undercover at the World Slasher Cup — a global conclave of the world’s most inveterate cockfighters. He was … Read more
Animal Wellness Action has investigated this trade from the U.S. to the Philippines, uncovering a vast trade involving tens of thousands of animals for animal fighting derbies WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy lauded a bipartisan team of federal lawmakers for introducing H.R. 7371, the No Flight, No Fight Act, to … Read more
Director of Earned Media This is a media-first role focused on earned placement, rapid response, and aggressive story pitching. Desired candidate will be an entrepreneurial self-starter who will actively work the phones, place stories, and get our voices quoted in top-tier and regional outlets. Share of voice and earned media placements will be among the … Read more
Animal Wellness Action supports judge’s decision to allow prosecution of Cody Roberts for cruelty to proceed WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today hailed as an important step a written ruling by Sweetwater County District Court Judge Richard Lavery determining that Wyoming’s so-called “predator exemption” does not apply to the … Read more
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police, Pennsylvania Sheriffs Assoc., Pennsylvania District Attorneys Assoc. join more than 500 other law enforcement agencies in calling on Congress to pass the FIGHT Act Fayette County, Pa. — In an extraordinary showing of unanimity by law enforcement from rural and urban parts of the Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police, the Pennsylvania … Read more