Cockfighting is a known super-spreader of avian diseases, threatening human health and state’s poultry industry Washington, D.C. — Cockfighters are set to start the new cockfighting season around Thanksgiving, according to intelligence gathered by Animal Wellness Action, and that illegal criminal activity coincides with the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) throughout the United … Read more
The group has investigated illegal cockfighting in the state and found countless operations clustered in the northern part of the state where latest HPAI outbreak occurred Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and Center for a Humane Economy warned federal and state authorities about the potential of backyard cockfighting operations to dramatically spread Highly Pathogenic … Read more
New cast of pork companies replay losing arguments in U.S. District Court that U.S. Supreme Court already rejected in May 2023. Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy are responding to news that pork processors have once again asked a federal court to strike down Question 3 — a Massachusetts … Read more
Press Release Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy are outraged by news that seven wild horses rounded up by the Bureau of Land Management from central Nevada ended up dead on Monday after the trailer hauling them crashed along the way to a Utah holding pen, according to … Read more
This operation, like all cockfighting arenas, also included drugs, dead animals Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applaud San Jacinto County Sheriff’s deputies for making 19 arrests after finding about 300 people at a largescale cockfighting operation at a residence in the county. Officers also confiscated 96 roosters seized from … Read more
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to slow walk banning lead ammunition on just two percent of 400+ refuges allowing sport hunting. Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Animal Wellness Foundation strongly criticized a final rule from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that purports to address the ongoing, mass … Read more
New animal welfare standards in place for “organic seal” in place after more than 20 years of foot-dragging and political interference. Earlier this year, the Biden Administration sided with the National Pork Producers Council to urge the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn Proposition 12. The good news is, a majority of justices … Read more
U.S. Department of Agriculture Releases Final Rule After Two Decades of Foot Dragging and Political Interference. Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today applauded the USDA for releasing its final Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards rule — a regulatory regimen that for the first time in federal law … Read more
Prime Minister Trudeau recently spoke out against horse slaughter, and American groups and famed American actress ask Biden to speak up, too Washington, D.C. – Actress Katherine Heigl joined Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, along with several leading horse racing organizations in sending a letter to the White House today, … Read more
Germany-based sportwear company can help turn things around by joining competitors in abandoning wildlife slaughter for its products. (Washington, D.C.) – The Center for a Humane Economy called on Adidas—the only remaining athletic shoe seller among the top five global brands to source wildlife skins for soccer cleats—to select an advocate of wildlife protection for … Read more