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Press Release Cockfighting is a potential superspreader of H5N1 Louisville, KY — Leaders and scientists with Animal Wellness Action, Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), and the Center for a Humane Economy called out cockfighting as a “runaway crime” and a “viral superspreader” in Kentucky and said that it poses a direct and documented threat … Read more
Misguided and misdirected response resulted in mass killing of animals and creating conditions for viral spillover to human beings Pierre, S.D. — Two veterinarians — each with career-long experience in animal agriculture and with additional academic training and professional experience in public health and infectious disease response — leveled detailed criticisms at top officials at … Read more
Cockfighting busts imperative given spread of bird flu threatening agriculture and human health San Joaquin County, CA — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office deputies for busting a criminal cockfighting operation along Atkins Road, east of Lodi Saturday, where they discovered 35 dead roosters, along with animal … Read more
Due to a series of wrong-headed responses by a lax and inflexible federal agriculture agency, the bird flu crisis has become more acute as we approach the three-year mark for the epidemic in the homeland The U.S. bird flu H5N1 epidemic that began in February 2022 continues unabated and approaching a three-year run, with no … Read more
A group of four lawmakers — three Oregon State House Members and one Senator — have asked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy tapped to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The lawmakers’ press release can be seen below, along with a link to the letter from the four rural lawmakers. “Rural, range-state lawmakers are … Read more
Press Release 54 arrests for animal cruelty show Kentucky state police are taking animal fighting, related crimes seriously. Louisville, KY — Leaders of Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), Animal Wellness Action, and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded Kentucky State Police for a weekend bust of a cockfight that resulted in the arrests of … Read more
Blocking EATS, banning bear baiting, and Nike and Puma kangaroo-free procurement policies are some top gains for the year Animal Wellness Action and its sister organizations conduct campaigns to help all animals. Whether we’re breathing life into Animal Fighting Is the Pits, Cage-Free Future, In the Stable, Not on the Table, or other campaigns, we … Read more
Sacramento, CA — Following the declaration of a state of emergency over bird flu in California, the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action are raising alarms over the public health risks posed by rampant and widespread illegal cockfighting operations, which threaten to spread the disease to California’s enormous commercial poultry flocks and, … Read more
Press Release FIGHT Act now before Congress will strengthen tools for cops and citizens to further clamp down on a crime that too often goes uncharged, unprosecuted. Tulsa, OK — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded the Grady County Sheriff’s Office for busting a cockfighting operation and large case of multi-species animal cruelty … Read more
Yet one more mass shooting at a cockfight — the third in Mexico in recent months — underscores violence associated with trafficking of fighting animals, as Congress dithers on the FIGHT Act Washington, D.C. — A handful of lawmakers in Congress blocked final action on the FIGHT Act, and just days after that unfortunate obstructionism, … Read more