Critical insights at the intersection of animals and politics
Cockfighting Brings Threats of Spreading Avian Influenza and Driving Up Egg Prices Nashville, Tenn. — Citing concerns about cruelty and disease threats to other commercially raised poultry, Animal Wellness Action and the Animal Wellness Foundation today called on Tennessee lawmakers to give favorable consideration to SB 194, by Senator Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, and H.B. 285, by … Read more
With Congress’s Passing of the New Law, FDA Should Embrace Drug Developers Use of More Effective, Safer Drug Screening Methods Grounded on Human Biology WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action – which formulated the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 and worked with lawmakers in the House and Senate to … Read more
Connecticut State Representative David Michel champions new policies to promote humane and conservation-minded commerce Hartford, CT – The Center for a Humane Economy applauded State Representative David Michel, D- Stamford, for introducing legislation to stop Nike and other athletic shoe companies from sourcing kangaroo skins for a small number of their soccer cleat models. California, the largest … Read more
Dairy industry monopoly in our nutrition-assistance programs persists despite millions of kids having lactose intolerance Of all the industries that the U.S. Department of Agriculture boosts with a vast array of subsidies and support programs, the dairy industry may be at the top of the heap. For decades, our federal government has been working to … Read more
D.A. Investigation Continues as Group’s Work for Carriage Horses Enters Next Phase New York City — Animal Wellness Action reacted today to news that the former owner of Ryder the carriage horse has paid his $1,000 fine for providing an “unlawfully reproduced or altered” record of the horse’s age to New York City authorities. Ryder … Read more
Yesterday the President Enacted Landmark Legislation to End Animal Testing Mandates and Horse Doping in the U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, President Joe Biden inked the last of five animal protection measures into law in the year-end spending bill to fund the Federal Government for FY2023. The FDA Modernization Act 2.0, Reducing Animal Testing Act, … Read more
We secured the most important reforms ever against animal testing, while ending legal animal fighting and commercial cub-petting throughout U.S. The year 2022 turned out to be a remarkable one for the Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, and the Animal Wellness Foundation. We secured many tangible gains. We put a punctuation mark … Read more
Senators Kean and Weinberg introduce legislation to stop sale of soccer cleats made from kangaroo skins by Nike, Adidas (TRENTON, NJ) – Veteran state senators are seeking to make the Garden State the second state in the nation to ban the trade in kangaroo skins for soccer shoes or cleats, and other purposes. Commercial shooters … Read more
FDA Modernization Act Promises to Usher in Era of “Cruelty-Free Drugs”
Working with the Jockey Club, Animal Wellness Action helped secure statutory repair to the 2020 Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, after a federal appellate court questioned one key provision WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action applauded lawmakers in Congress for approving provisions in the year-end federal spending bill to benefit horses in Thoroughbred racing, in … Read more