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Our state campaigns help alleviate the suffering of companion animals, farm animals, and wildlife in the states.

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Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Asks U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman to Support Legislation to Strengthen National Law against Dogfighting, Cockfighting

Statement From Wayne Pacelle on Cockfighting Arrests in Logan County, Oklahoma

Wayne Pacelle Issues Statement After Dog Brutally Burned Alive in Corpus Christi, Texas

Statement from Wayne Pacelle on Filing of 25 Animal Cruelty Cases by Los Angeles District Attorney

Animal Wellness Action Commends U.S. Customs and Border Protection for Seizing Illegal Cockfighting Equipment at Cincinnati Port of Entry

Acting on an Investigation from Animal Wellness Action and SHARK, Hunt County Sheriffs’ Office Breaks Up Major Cockfight on Sunday

Federal Dogfighting Case of Former NFL Player Should Be Trigger to Create Animal Cruelty Crimes Section at U.S. Department of Justice

Ellis County Sheriffs’ Deputies Break Up Major Cockfight Near Ferris

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

Our Offensive Against Cockfighting Crimes in Texas and on the U.S. Border with Mexico

SHARK and Animal Wellness Action Uncover Fighting Pits and Staged Animal Combat in Oklahoma and Texas, But Law Enforcement Fails to Make Arrests

Animal Welfare Groups Applaud El Paso Authorities for Cockfighting Raid in Texas

Animal Welfare Groups Applaud Lorain County Authorities in Cockfighting Raid in Ohio

Site of Cockfighting Criminal Operation

Two Texas Cockfighters Arrested in Southeast Oklahoma, in Meaningful Arrests to Halt Malicious Cruelty to Animals

Animal Wellness Groups Applaud San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Deputies for Busting Serious Cockfighting Ring near Lodi

A tractor carries a load of dead turkeys killed after avian flu outbreak-Ed Shephard : Generation Vegan : We Animals Media

California’s Bird Flu Emergency Requires Close Attention to Rampant Cockfighting and Threat of Ill Fighting Birds Acting as Superspreaders

Animal Welfare Groups Call on Leaders at Redwoods, Yosemite, and Other California-Based National Parks to Reject Scheme to Open Up Barred Owl Hunting

Prop 127 Spurs Diverse Public Engagement, Government Accountability at CPW Meeting Friday Over Mountain Lion ‘Management’

Pennsylvania Legislature Passes Measure to Include Pets in Domestic Violence Settings

CATs Campaign Says Election Outcome Shows Most Voters Want to Stop Cruel and Unsporting Killing, But that a Majority Want CPW to Handle the Task

HISA Advocates Encouraged by U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Horse Safety Rules at Racetracks in Texas and Louisiana While Considering Whether to Hear Case

Two D.C.-based Dark Money Groups, With No Professional Wildlife Staff or Experience, Make Up 50% of All Funding for ‘No on 127’ Campaign

Former USFWS director guts phony arguments of 127 opponents

New ‘Yes on Prop 127’ Ad: Army Colonel Tom Pool — Rancher and Hunter — Says Native Cats May Save Deer and Elk Hunting in Colorado

Denver Bronco Mark Jackson, Actress Daryl Hannah, Four Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commissioners YES for Prop 127

119 Colorado Veterinarians Say ‘YES’ to Proposition 127 to Protect Wild Cats and Domestic Dogs from Harm, Suffering and Animal Cruelty

Three Sitting Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commissioners, One Past Chairman Endorse Prop 127

Texas cockfighting raid latest in series of critical cockfighting busts

Colorado Media, Wildlife Managers, Report Mountain Lion Populations Are Self-Regulating; Prop 127 Centers on Values About Proper Treatment of Wildlife

Prop 127 Aims to Halt Shocking Scale of Trophy Hunting of Native Cats in Colorado

Shooting in Vermont was Preceded by Years of Animal Abuse

Bust of Texas Dogfighting Ring Underscores Need for Tougher National Legislation

Actor, Director and Environmental Advocate Robert Redford, Dr. Jane Goodall, and Colorado Politicians Tom Tancredo and Mark Udall Endorse Proposition 127 Cats Aren’t Trophies

Victims of Mass Shooting of Animals in California Could Have Easily Been Children or Other Human Beings

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Primary Run-Offs a Bad Day for Gamefowl Commission as Several Pro-Cockfighting Candidates Go Down for the Count

Colorado State University Study, Published Days Ago, Shows Coloradans Overwhelmingly Disapprove of Trophy Hunting and Hounding of Mountain Lions

New Report Reveals Mountain Lions Mitigate Spread of Brain-Wasting Disease Plaguing Deer and Elk in Colorado

Statement on Wausau Man Previously Convicted in Cockfighting Scheme Now Facing Federal Drug Charges

Cockfighting Bust in Adams County in Colorado a Reminder of the Prevalence, Persistence of this Form of Animal Cruelty and Violence

Bad News for Animals and Local Governments as PA Legislature Preempts Pittsburgh’s Decades-Long Ban on Cruel Rodeos 

Mountain lion mother carrying her kitten

Cats Aren’t Trophies Coalition Delivers 188,000 Voters’ Signatures to Qualify Measure for November Ballot to Halt Trophy Hunting of Wild Cats Native to Colorado

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Governor Frank Keating, Animal Wellness Action-Oklahoma Endorse Sheriff Chris Bryant for Re-election in Carter County, Oklahoma

Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission Effort to Weaken State Anti-Cockfighting Law Didn’t Get Out of the Batter’s Box in 2024

Carter County DA Charges Alleged Cockfighting Facilitators with Felonies

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Woman Charged with Cruelty, Animal Fighting in Lancaster County Tied to Maryland Staged Animal Fighting Ring

man being arrested for cockfighting-Bexar County Sheriff's Office

Animal Wellness Organizations Highlight $2,500 Reward for Tips on Cockfighting, After Two Major Busts This Weekend

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Animal Wellness Groups Laud Passage of Vermont State Bill S.301 to Halt Trade in Bear Bile and Other Bear Parts Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Animal Wellness Action Grants $2,000 Reward Money to Oklahoma City Woman for Turning in Oklahoma Man who Savaged and Killed Puppy 

Wildlife Advocates Call for Modern Wildlife Governance in Vermont with Support for S.258

Animal Wellness Action Celebrates Passage of Crucial Wildlife Bill out of Vermont Senate