Animal Wellness Action Blog

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MISSOULA, Mont. — Today, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Montana vacated the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) decision refusing to restore Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for gray wolves in the Western United States, siding with Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, Project Coyote, Footloose Montana, the Gallatin Wildlife Association, … Read more

Johnson is a repeat offender, and the jury rejected his false claim that he was simply a dog breeder. Possession of animals for fighting purposes is a felony under both state and federal law. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today applauded the federal jury’s guilty verdict in the case of former NFL player LeShon … Read more

Cody Roberts with the wolf he killed

Congress may take up legislation in September to remove federal protections for wolves across more than 15 states You can listen to an AI-generated reading of this story here: In February 2024, a man in Wyoming committed an act of cruelty so malicious that a wave of moral outrage rolled across the globe. Cody Roberts, … Read more

Killing of Collared Research Lion “Blondie” by American Trophy Hunter

GPS-collared lion lured from Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and killed despite being part of critical Oxford University conservation study WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Center for a Humane Economy today condemned the killing of Blondie, a five-year-old African lion lured out of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and killed by a trophy hunter reportedly from Ashland, Ohio. … Read more

evidence of burnt fawn in baltimore county

PERRY HALL, Md. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy are deeply disturbed by the sickening case of a severely burned and dead fawn found tied with ropes in a residential street in Baltimore County earlier this week. This hideous act has rightly shattered residents’ sense of safety and compassion in … Read more

Close-up of barred owl face

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Calling the federal government’s barred owl kill plan “unworkable, costly, and inhumane,” Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today praised the introduction of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution by Senators John Kennedy, R-La., and Rand Paul, R-Ky. SJR 69 is a companion to HJR 111, introduced last week by Reps. … Read more

Press Release Yet the sheriff’s office failed to investigate after field investigators with the organizations reported malicious abuse at a cockfighting derby, missing a chance to apprehend dozens involved in felony cruelty and other crimes in Allegan County last Saturday. Allegan, Mich. — Reacting to an investigation on Saturday conducted by their field personnel that includes … Read more

Cover of EATS Act report

New report from top agricultural scientists uncovers deception, false claims, and a plan to benefit foreign-owned factory farms You can listen to an AI-generated reading of this story here: The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has long campaigned to block even the most basic humane treatment standards for animals raised for food — especially since … Read more

Mother Barred Owl with Blinking Baby

Lawmakers in Congress introduce resolution to nullify the billion-dollar barred owl massacre You can listen to an AI-generated reading of this story here: You’ve heard me sound the alarm about the costly, inhumane, and unworkable plan by our own federal government to massacre nearly half a million North American barred owls. Today, I am happy … Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today praised the introduction of a bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution led by Reps. Troy Nehls, R-Texas; Josh Harder, D-Calif.; Scott Perry, R-Pa.; and Adam Gray, D-Calif., to nullify the Biden-era “Barred Owl Management Strategy”—an unprecedented, costly, and unworkable plan to … Read more