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Acting on an Investigation from Animal Wellness Action and SHARK, Hunt County Sheriffs’ Office Breaks Up Major Cockfight on Sunday Read More » March 31, 2025
Major Federal Dogfighting Bust Draws Commendation from Leading Animal-Welfare Organizations Read More » March 25, 2025
Large-Scale Bust with 40 Suspects Fleeing Scene in Greenfield Highlights Rampant Cockfighting Problem in Golden State Read More » March 24, 2025
New National School Lunch Policy Could Have Prevented Arrest of Louisiana Teacher, Harm to Lactose-Intolerant 6-Year-Old Student Read More » March 21, 2025
Local Law Enforcement Allows Massive Assembly of Cockfighters to Escape After Animal Wellness Groups Uncover and Document Fighting Derby in Progress in Titus County Last Saturday Read More » March 19, 2025
SHARK and Animal Wellness Action Uncover Fighting Pits and Staged Animal Combat in Oklahoma and Texas, But Law Enforcement Fails to Make Arrests Read More » March 12, 2025
Members of Congress Say United States Won’t Be a Market for Skins from Kangaroos Slain in Their Native Habitats Read More » March 11, 2025
Republican and Democratic Lawmakers Call on Interior Secretary to Nix Barred Owl Kill Plan as Too Expensive, Unworkable, Inhumane Read More » March 10, 2025
Animal Welfare Groups Applaud Kentucky Law Enforcement in Recent Cockfighting Raid in Bourbon County Read More » March 7, 2025
Senate Committee Yet Again Turns Away Efforts to Decriminalize the Barbaric, Virally Dangerous Practice of Cockfighting Read More » March 6, 2025
On One-Year Mark of Wolf-Crushing Incident in Wyoming, Animal Wellness Action Laments No Prosecution of Cody Roberts, No State Legislative Progress on Wildlife with Motorized Vehicles Read More » March 4, 2025
Congress Annually Forbids Horse Slaughter in U.S. But It’s Failed to Halt Live Exports of the Animals for Slaughter Read More » February 28, 2025
YouTube Deletes Gov. Stitt Pro-Cockfighting Video for ‘Violating Community Guidelines’ Read More » November 20, 2023
Mink Farms Pose Serious, Ongoing Threats to Public Health and Economy, As Indicated By Review of Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks in U.S. and Europe Read More » November 13, 2023
Animal Wellness Action Notes that Alabama’s Massive Illegal Cockfighting Industry Can Decimate Poultry Industry in the South and Spread HPAI Throughout the Western Hemisphere Read More » November 7, 2023
Animal Welfare Groups Applaud San Jacinto County Sheriffs’ Deputies for 19 Arrests at ‘Large-scale Cockfighting Arena’ Read More » November 3, 2023
Animal Welfare, Racing Groups Join Katherine Heigl in Letter Demanding President Biden Halt Slaughter of American Equines Read More » October 24, 2023
Animal Wellness Action Issues Statement About Pentagon Official and Other Individuals Charged with Participating in Dog Fighting Ring Read More » October 3, 2023
Animal Wellness Groups Encouraged by HISA Report, Note Gaps in Key Risk Factors, Including Breeding Read More » September 12, 2023
Animal Wellness Action Applauds Federal Prosecutors for Dismantling a Dogfighting Ring that Stretched from Mississippi to Indiana Read More » September 8, 2023
