Legislation Aims to Get Safer Drugs to Patients More Quickly, Embracing Innovation and Shedding Costly, Cruel, Non-Predictive Animal Tests to Revamp FDA New Drug Testing Protocols That Will Reduce Animal Testing and Enable Use of Most Scientifically Advanced Methods. Washington, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, the Michelson Center … Read more
We knew of the remarkable career of the Australian poet, essay, and novelist David Brooks, but only met him after Animal Wellness Action’s sister organization, the Center for a Humane Economy, launched its “Kangaroos Are Not Shoes” campaign. He and Jeffrey Masson, also a best-selling author, based in Australia, wrote an essay about the commercial … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Tom Carper, D-Del., and Richard Burr, R-N.C., introduced the Big Cat Public Safety Act. The House bill, H.R. 263, introduced in January, has 164 cosponsors, and the same measure cleared the House by an overwhelming margin last year. The group expressed optimism that … Read more
Washington, D.C. — Puerto Rico must recognize the authority of the Congress and the federal courts when it comes to animal cruelty, specifically the barbaric practice of cockfighting, argued Animal Wellness Action in the wake of a vitally important hearing before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee relating to the idea of Puerto Rico becoming … Read more
Ashland, OR – A young Oregon black bear was killed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) officials on April 8, 2021, and a Jackson County volunteer fire chief responding to a call from a concerned citizen has been cited with a misdemeanor by the Oregon State Police for his role in rescuing the … Read more
Press Release Washington, D.C. – After a sudden and surprising far-reaching announcement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on July 14, shut down imports of dogs entering the U.S. from 113 countries, causing unprecedented turmoil for American families with pets on their way back to the U.S. and crippling the life-saving work of … Read more
How did the crisis with the captive elephants in Thailand come to your attention? It was serendipity. I was discussing the needs of the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand with its CEO and she commented that there were also hundreds of starving elephants all over the country. After more questions and phone calls that day, … Read more
Unrelenting hunger for elephants in Thailand has been one little-known derivative of a pandemic whose reverberations know no bounds when it comes to species Unrelenting hunger for elephants in Thailand has been one little-known derivative of a pandemic whose reverberations know no bounds when it comes to species. When tourism tumbled in Thailand, the nation’s … Read more
Late yesterday, a key Oregon Senate Committee took up the nation’s first proposed statewide ban on mink farming in the wake of a torrent of scientific findings to indicate the major role that mink farms may have in spreading COVID-19. S.B. 832, introduced by State Senator Floyd Prozanski (D-Eugene), would phase out mink farming within … Read more
Salem, Oregon – A key Oregon Senate Committee will take up the nation’s first proposed statewide ban on mink farming in the wake of a torrent of scientific findings underscoring the major role that mink farms may have in spreading COVID-19. Senator Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, is the sponsor of a bill to phase out mink … Read more