Critical insights at the intersection of animals and politics
Bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by House Foreign Affairs Chairman,introduces Bear Poaching Elimination Act Survey the world in search of the worst localized horrors meted out against animals — the animal sacrifices of the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal every five years, the fish-in-a-barrel shooting of captive lions in South Africa, the water-borne butchering of pilot … Read more
Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, Center for a Humane Economy, SPCA International, Protect Our Wildlife-Vermont, and other organizations lauded House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Mike McCaul, R-Texas, and Reps. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., and Annie Kuster, D-N.H. for introducing legislation to protect the world’s eight species of … Read more
No excuses for delay as U.S. Supreme Court rules Prop 12 is proper exercise of state authority Washington, D.C. — With the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting the overreaching arguments of factory-farming interests in NPPC v. Ross last week, Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy wrote to California’s Food and Agriculture Secretary … Read more
Press Release Law enforcement executed a search warrant yesterday and are pursuing individuals involved in the biggest cockfighting event in recent memory in Delaware Washington, D.C. – Today, Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) and Animal Wellness Action called on Delaware law enforcement to follow through with an investigation into illegal cockfighting after SHARK droned … Read more
Justices Determine that Key State Anti-Confinement LawsDo Not Violate U.S. Constitution In what can only be considered a monumental victory for the right of Americans to establish more humane standards for farm animals, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision upholding California’s Proposition 12, a 2018 voter-approved ballot measure that restricts the sale of pork, … Read more
Justices determine states can halt sale of animal products derived from extreme animal confinement Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy expressed unbridled enthusiasm for a U.S. Supreme Court decision specifically upholding California’s Proposition 12, but which has much broader implications for the rights of states to promote humane … Read more
A mass shooting at known illegal cockfighting venue outside Honolulu demonstrates that the violence from animal-fighting enterprises spills into communities, harms people Washington, D.C. – Driven by concerns for the barbarism of animal fighting, mass shootings and other crimes comingled with staged animal combat, as well as disease threats to poultry and other birds posed by … Read more
Organization says industry must aspire to keep horses under its care alive and create a culture of ‘zero tolerance’ for death of horses in training and on the track Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy called on Thoroughbred racing industry leaders to embrace the goal of “no young, … Read more
With Two of His Horses Dropping Dead, Churchill Downs is Right to Not Allow Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. to Run Lord Miles and Any Other Horses in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby Louisville, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action this morning had urged the management at Churchill Downs to deny a Kentucky Derby racing slot to Saffie Joseph Jr. because two of his … Read more
STATEMENT FOR PRESS With Two of His Horses Dropping Dead, Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. Should Not Be Allowed to Run Lord Miles in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today urged the management at Churchill Downs to deny a racing slot to Saffie Joseph Jr. because two of his horses — Parents Pride and Chasing Artie — died for unexplained … Read more