Critical insights at the intersection of animals and politics
FDA Commissioner initiated off ramping of animal testing at the agency to improve human health, spare animals, and bolster a humane economy You can listen to an AI-generated reading of this story here: It is hard to overstate the importance of the historic announcement made yesterday by the new FDA commissioner, Marty Makary, on phasing … Read more
Press Release or Coalition of 200 organizations calls on Congress to pass FISCAL Act so millions of lactose-intolerant school kids can finally have health-promoting and safe foods Washington, D.C. — Louisiana mother Jamisha Augustine is at the U.S. Capitol today and tomorrow (April 9-10) to speak directly with lawmakers after her 6-year-old daughter was given … Read more
You can listen to an AI-generated reading of this story here: I have such vivid memories of big moments in animal protection. I remember when I learned, after years of fighting the company, that Ringling Brothers Circus was ending its use of elephants and other wild animals in performances. I remember when the United States … Read more
Bipartisan legislation attracts nearly 800 endorsers, including Animal Wellness Action, the National Sheriffs’ Association, and the United Egg Producers Washington, D.C. — Driven by concerns over threats posed to commercial poultry production by illegal transports of fighting roosters, along with the barbarism and the comingled crimes associated with staged animal fighting, U.S. Senators John Kennedy, R-La., … Read more
HHS Secretary Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Makary signal movement away from animal testing while a group of bipartisan lawmakers introduce the FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and Animal Wellness Foundation lauded a bipartisan set of lawmakers in the House of Representatives — many of whom … Read more
Elizabeth City, N.C. — Animal Wellness Action assisted the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office with a cockfighting-related animal cruelty investigation and seizure of more than 50 ill and suffering roosters and hens from a location near Elizabeth City, N.C., in late March. Warrants for the arrest of three individuals have been issued, and an investigation is … Read more
The boorish treatment of Congress by the FDA includes dismissing legislation seeking to modernize the ailing agency By Zaher Nahle, PhD MPA When announcing his nominee for the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), President Donald Trump was point-blank in stating that the “FDA has lost the trust of Americans, and has lost … Read more
Press Release Senate committee preserves the state’s anti-cockfighting law after witnesses exposed a deceptive bill and the transparent motivations of its cockfighting boosters Little Rock, AK — Just two days after the Arkansas House of Representatives approved HB 1611 to roll back the state’s popular and comprehensive anti-cockfighting law, the Senate Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly quashed the … Read more
Press Release With up to half of the 30 million kids in the National School Lunch Program with lactose intolerance, doubling down on the milk mandate will translate into more student discomfort and illness and more food and fiscal waste Washington, D.C. — After the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee assembled a set of boosters of … Read more
Press Release The state has one of the strongest laws in the nation, and HB 1611 would gut that law in a campaign organized and conducted by known Oklahoma cockfighters Little Rock, AK — Yesterday, at the same time that Arkansas House members passed HB 1611 to remove prohibitions against a wide range of cockfighting … Read more