Might a version of China’s 26-story, high-rise pig farm be coming soon to the U.S.? The EATS Act is an assault on states’ rights and an invitation for China to bring its high-rise factory farms to the homeland China’s 1.4 billion citizens consume their weight in pigs every year. 700 million animals. 192 billion pounds … Read more
Fred Hudson and Kevin Chambers to bring experience, commitment to animal-protection campaigns Washington D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy announced the hiring of Kevin Chambers as Oklahoma State Director and Assistant Director of International. Kevin Chambers brings decades of global and local business, government, and animal advocacy experience to … Read more
Florida Rep. Michael Bilirakis, along with 10 other U.S. House members from the state, have cosponsored the FIGHT Act in Congress Homosassa, FL — Animal Wellness Action praised Citrus County Sheriff’s Office deputies for arresting a 51-year-old man for animal fighting, according to a Facebook Post from the sheriff’s office. Deputies at the man’s home found and seized 26 … Read more
Congress should direct the wind-down of a small, unprofitable enterprise grounded on cruelty and documented to spread dangerous diseases. Today, Congresswomen Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., renewed their effort from last Congress (2021-22) to ban mink farming in the United States. Their bill comes in the wake of a long-term and irreversible collapse … Read more
No need to put homeland at risk to sell mink pelts to China’s elites Washington D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., for leading an effort in Congress to phase out mink farming in the United States because of documented zoonotic-disease … Read more
52 arrests, 50 roosters found (some in bags), dogs in inhumane conditions seized along with $37K cash Galloway Township, N.J. — In the wake of a massive bust on area cockfighters, Wayne Pacelle of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy is calling on members of New Jersey’s Congressional delegation to double … Read more
Cockfighting and dogfighting are cruel, widespread, and tangled up with other crimes Washington, D.C. — In a letter to President Biden, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas, D-Ore., called on his administration to endorse the Fighting Inhumane Gambling and High-Risk Trafficking (FIGHT) Act to crack down on the barbaric and lawless practices of dogfighting and cockfighting from Puerto … Read more
Lawmakers say overturning state laws to benefit foreign interests violates conservative principles Washington, D.C. — In yet one more signal that the EATS Act is viewed as an attack on states’ rights to benefit China’s hold on the American pork industry, 10 conservative Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives today sent a letter to House … Read more
Press Release Louisville, KY — Animal Wellness Action and Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) publicly endorsed SB 243, by Sen. Greg Elkins, R-Winchester, to make cockfighting a felony in Kentucky. “In addition to playing host to an extraordinary number of fighting arenas, Kentucky is at the center of the American and global cockfighting industry, with major … Read more
Animal welfare group urges voters in House District 94 to vote for ‘anyone but long-time dogfighting enthusiast Stoney Greene in the March 5th primary. Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today urged Republican primary voters in North Carolina House District 94 to reject Wilkes County Commissioner Stoney Greene in his quest for that seat because of … Read more