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Press releases

Animal Wellness Action welcomes Joshua Marquis as Director of Legal Affairs and Enforcement

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February 18, 2019

U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Charlie Crist Introduce WOOF Act to Protect Dogs

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February 6, 2019

U.S. Reps. Schrader, Yoho, Cohen, and Estes Introduce “U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring Tactics Act”

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January 23, 2019

U.S. Reps. Sablan and McCaul Introduce the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act

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January 23, 2019

U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Vern Buchanan Introduce SAFE Act to End Horse Slaughter

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January 23, 2019

Priscilla Presley, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, and Wayne Pacelle Honored for Protecting Tennessee Walking Horses

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January 15, 2019

Animal Protection Harvests Major Gains from Farm Bill

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December 10, 2018

McSally, Booker, and Gillibrand Champion Animal Protection Provisions in Senate Spending Package

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October 31, 2018
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Animal Wellness Action Endorses Federal Legislation to Protect Law Enforcement Animals

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June 26, 2026
Pigs in a newly built industrial farm. Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media

Wayne Pacelle Applauds Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman for Omitting Repeal of Prop 12, Question 3 from Draft Farm bill

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June 23, 2026

Animal Wellness Action Applauds St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office for Cockfighting Bust, Notes Link Between Animal Fighting and Drug Crimes

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June 23, 2026

Statement from Wayne Pacelle, President of Animal Wellness Action, on the Death of a Teenager During a Horse Carriage Ride in Central Park

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June 18, 2026
Horses harnessed to chariots run along a dusty track of the hippodrome.

Statement from Wayne Pacelle, President, Animal Wellness Action, on the fire at the Saratoga Casino Hotel harness racing facility

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June 17, 2026

Animal Wellness Action Applauds Oklahoma City Police Department for Cockfighting Arrest and Felony Charges

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June 15, 2026

Animal Wellness Action Urges Felony Animal Cruelty Charges After Alleged Abandonment of Hundreds of Fighting Roosters in North Carolina

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June 12, 2026

Animal Wellness Action Applauds Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office for Cockfighting Bust In Edinburg, Texas

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June 11, 2026

Animal Wellness Action Applauds Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office for Swift Action Against Illegal Cockfighting Operation

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June 2, 2026
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