Critical insights at the intersection of animals and politics
Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action reacted with distress and anguish after learning that thousands of cattle trapped inside a Texas factory farm perished in a massive fire triggered by an explosion at the industrial milk production facility in the panhandle. On April 13, at about 7 p.m., first responders arrived to see plumes of smoke rising … Read more
Press Release Second of two bills bill to decriminalize cockfighting dies today in state legislature, dramatically reducing the threat of any weakening of the state’s voter-approved law Oklahoma City – The effort to unwind the state law making cockfighting a felony met with a final defeat today, with the Senate choosing not even to give … Read more
Press Release Claudia Miller Ignite Series launches with an examination of the ‘milk mandate’ in the National School Lunch Program and the need for a plant-based alternative Washington, DC – Animal Wellness Action, a Washington, DC-based animal-advocacy group, has announced the first in a monthly series of educational webinars that will focus on issues relating … Read more
State Legislative News Analysis The measures are likely to meet same fate as prior years’ efforts to unwind the state’s most important anti-cruelty law In Oklahoma, pro-cockfighting bills in the state House and Senate are on life support, despite a well-funded lobbying campaign by the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission (OGC); the work of its professional lobbying … Read more
Sooners see cockfighting as ‘very definition of barbarism and backwardness’ Oklahoma City — Today, Animal Wellness Action, which has been leading the effort to defend State Question 687 from efforts in the Oklahoma legislature to gut its provisions, reacted to a just-released poll from the Sooner Survey. The statistically valid survey of 500 Oklahomans revealed … Read more
A Q&A with Jewel Johnson of Rooster Sanctuary at Danzig’s Roost Cockfighting is cruelty in its purest form. Cockfighters strap knives or gaffs (curved, razor-sharp picks) to birds’ legs, place them in a pit, and goad them to fight to the death. They do it for the thrill of the bloodletting and for illegal gambling. … Read more
ADD SOY Act Introduced in House to End Milk Mandate in Public Schools and Give Kids a Healthy Beverage Choice When it comes to the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), we don’t let one commodity group monopolize the plate. School lunch servers, day after day, don’t just give kids beef. Or potatoes. Or tofu. The … Read more
Press Release Animal Wellness Action and SHARK provide detailed evidence of ongoing gamecock operations built for raising and selling fighting animals in violation of Oklahoma and United States law Oklahoma City — Animal Wellness Action and SHARK have released a report on the leaders of the so-called Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission (OGC) detailing their unmistakable involvement in … Read more
Press Release Legislation championed by Reps. Troy Carter and Nancy Mace Washington, D.C. – Animal Wellness Action, Switch4Good, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Animal Wellness Foundation applauded Reps. Troy Carter, D-La., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., for introducing the ADD SOY Act on Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 1619, the … Read more
Australia’s slaughter of kangaroos has long been an outlier on the world stage when it comes to our treatment of wildlife. In contemporary times, it was rivaled in scale and savagery perhaps only by the mass killing of baby harp and hooded seals in Atlantic Canada. Nike, one of the most recognizable brands in the … Read more