President signs S. 222 into law, and the measure includes key provisions of our FISCAL Act that give kids and cows a better shake Three years ago, we worked on a measure in Congress to eliminate an 84-year-old, archaic, wasteful, and inhumane animal-testing requirement for new drug development. Today, I’m proud to report another historic … Read more
Bethesda, MD — A new peer-reviewed paper by Dr. Zaher Nahle, Senior Scientific Advisor to the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action, is published in Frontiers in Medical Technology, offering a novel and comprehensive analysis of how animal testing became deeply embedded in drug development and biomedical research—and how new national policies promoting alternative … Read more
New law will allow schools to offer plant-based milk to all kids and to require plant-based options for lactose-intolerant kids Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and Switch4Good today celebrated the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of S. 222, a bipartisan bill that incorporates core provisions of the Freedom in … Read more
Bermuda Dunes, Calif. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today announced that they are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of the person responsible for the repeated shooting with a BB Gun, leading to the death of a cat. According to reports from the … Read more
Our multi-pronged, multinational plan to break up animal fighting networks Of the 17 federal policy initiatives Animal Wellness Action has launched in this Congress, the FIGHT Act has attracted more support than any of them. That legislation has more than 1,050 endorsing agencies and organizations—from the Alabama Sheriffs’ Association to the Wyoming Sheriffs and Police … Read more
State’s leading law enforcement organization urges Florida’s entire congressional delegation to take swift action against combat dogfighting and cockfighting crimes TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Declaring that serious animal cruelty crimes demand stronger federal enforcement and coordination, Florida’s law enforcement community has united to endorse two anti-cruelty, anti-crime measures now being considered by Congress. The Florida Sheriffs’ Association is … Read more
Press Statement Tonopah, AZ — Animal Wellness Action today lauded the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) for its decisive and professional response that led to the disruption of an illegal cockfighting ring on January 10 at a property near Tonopah. Deputies, responding to a welfare check called in by a concerned property owner, encountered an active … Read more
Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy are condemning in the strongest possible terms a brazen effort by cockfighting advocates to resurrect an illegal blood sport in Louisiana – in this case by appealing to the St. Landry Parish council members to kick-start the process. Cockfighting is a … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today applauds the rapid response of Tulsa Animal Welfare in investigating credible allegations of cockfighting in an East Tulsa neighborhood and rescuing at-risk roosters following a neighbor’s complaint and video evidence of sparring birds. “We are grateful to Tulsa Animal Welfare and its officers for acting quickly on this report … Read more
Our work, in tandem with congressional and federal agency actions, may usher in a new era of health and well-being for people and for animals As the U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported in late December, Congress included a provision in a larger bill related to the military to end “exercises that involved shooting, … Read more