Critical insights at the intersection of animals and politics
Hyperventilated Response to Minuscule Rabies Threat, Dismissal of Mink Threat Among Problems Cited Today, Animal Wellness Action and its sister organization, the Center for a Humane Economy, applauded Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for agreeing to reorganize and re-energize the agency, admitting failures in its COVID-19 … Read more
Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, and agriculture veterinarians submit briefs eviscerating pork industry
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Justices provided with compelling testimony about mistruths and exaggerations Washington, D.C. — The pork industry today can meet California’s humane treatment standards with existing sow housing systems, according to pleadings filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by two leading agricultural veterinarians and a set of organizations led by the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness … Read more
Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – Civil rights, social justice, and health organizations are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to address an unfair and discriminatory food policy embedded in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).The dairy industry has a monopoly on distributing nutritious beverages in our federal food assistance programs to 30 million kids even … Read more
When Congress enacted the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act in December 2020, I could not have been more elated. Seeing the signing of that legislation into law was the most rewarding experience of my professional career as a lobbyist and lifelong horseman. Objectively, it was a big moment in our nation’s relationship with horses, since … Read more
Federal Judge and Prosecutors to Make Key Sentencing Decisions and Recommendations Now that Brent Easterling and other Family Members Offer Guilty Pleas in Major Cockfighting Case in Central Alabama (Montgomery, Alabama) — Animal Wellness Action (AWA) and the Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF) urged the federal court considering the United States’ criminal case against Brent Easterling, … Read more
Only Congress may be able to stop the carnage BLM wranglers have been documented beating and poking captured burros and keeping mares and foals separated for too long, posing a serious threat to the health of the foals. The Bureau of Land Management’s helicopter roundup of wild horses in Colorado’s Piceance Basin ended on August … Read more
by Joe Gorajec The new Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA), despite repeated pledges of transparency, has failed to disclose even the most basic information about its own manner of governance. This failure is well below the standards and practices of state racing commissions. Background On July 5, 2022, Marty Irby, executive director of the … Read more
Final Rule Should Be Implemented With One-Year Phase-In; Option for a 15-Year Phase-In for Laying-Hen Welfare Is Absurd and Unacceptable Washington, D.C. – The Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, and the Animal Wellness Foundation welcomed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s release last week of the proposed Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards rule, … Read more
Guam’s Animal Import Standards Announced in April Prove Hollow WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action (AWA) have strongly criticized the Guam Department of Agriculture (GDOA) for allowing at least 132 fighting animals onto the island from Hawaii-based cockfighters between March and July of this year, according to AWA’s review of the territory’s latest live-animal shipping records. AWA have … Read more