Helping horses by finding common ground with our adversaries Gen’s Ice Glimmer was about to go on a one-way trip to Mexico. Not to white-sand beaches. No, he was off to a make-shift horse slaughterhouse with blood-stained floors. There, the Tennessee Walking Horse would be hit between the eyes with a bolt gun, stabbed, butchered, … Read more
Press Release Nashville, Tennessee — Today Animal Wellness Action (AWA), the Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF), the Center for a Humane Economy, Horses for Life Foundation, American Horse Protection Society, and key stakeholders in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry announced a historic effort that seeks to end soring, protect the Tennessee Walking Horse and the breed, … Read more
Today’s edition of the Animal Wellness Podcast focuses on the seemingly intractable problem of “soring” of Tennessee Walking, Racking, and Spotted Saddle Horses — a kind of torture that involves injuring the pasterns or the bottom of the foot to induce an exaggerated high-stepping gait. Abusive trainers apply caustic chemicals such as mustard oil, croton … Read more
For much of the past year, Animal Wellness Action and Bailing Out Benji have been working together to encourage law enforcement to take action against the largest chain of pet stores in the state. In October of this year, law enforcement officers entered the pet store’s establishment to request and inspect the records. But … Read more
A compromise we’ve secured with industry offers a pathway to end the torture and torment of Tennessee Walking horses More than eight years ago, well into my nearly 14-year tenure as CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, I authorized an investigation into the training practices of Jackie McConnell, one of the most … Read more
Advocates must demand President-Elect Biden Come Out of the Gate Strong on Animal Welfare With no major animal welfare initiatives launched by humane organizations on any statewide election ballots for the first time in 30 years, the national election was nonetheless enormously consequential for animals, with Joe Biden appearing to be on his way to … Read more
With Denmark to kill 17 million mink to stop mutating coronavirus outbreak, Animal Wellness Action and other groups to call on government agencies to prevent outbreaks of deadly virus already infecting 100,000 Americans a day in U.S. Washington, D.C. — With COVID-19 cases ricocheting throughout the global mink industry — including in Denmark where its military … Read more
Illegal animal fighting receding on Guam but it has not yet been eliminated Washington, D.C. — The illegal movement of fighting animals from U.S. states to Guam has dramatically declined during the last year, according to shipping records from the Guam Department of Agriculture (GDOA) and recently obtained and reviewed by Animal Wellness Action (AWA) … Read more
The plan, if implemented, would lead to wholesale killing of wolves, especially in Great Lakes states Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin are swing states in presidential politics. They are also wolf states — with the family-oriented gray wolves stalking the boreal forests in search of deer and moose and beavers in their northern reaches. President Trump’s … Read more
See what our scorecard says about Congressional candidates, track our endorsements, and see our write-ups on the President and former Vice President During his Senate confirmation hearing for a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court 15 years ago, John Roberts famously said that as a jurist he would “call balls and strikes” when it came … Read more