90% of Guamanians want to see territorial anti-cruelty law passed, while 61 percent back the federal ban on cockfighting Washington, D.C. — Today, the Animal Wellness Foundation and Animal Wellness Action released topline polling data from a comprehensive, statistically valid survey of Guam residents about animal cruelty and cockfighting, with the survey revealing deep and … Read more
All Citizens in the U.S. Territories Must Comply With New Federal Law Forbidding Animal Fighting Washington, D.C. — The Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF) and Animal Wellness Action (AWA) today announced a rewards program to run for an indefinite time that provides a $2,500 reward for any individual who provides critical information that results in a … Read more
It’s now a matter of enforcement. In issuing an order yesterday that rejected the claims of cockfighting clubs to invalidate a portion of our national anti-animal fighting law, U.S. District Court Judge Gustavo Gelpi settled two lingering questions: 1) does the federal law against animal fighting apply to the five U.S. territories, and 2) does the federal … Read more
Washington, D.C. — In an order issued this week, U.S. District Court Judge Gustavo A. Gelpi rejected claims by Club Gallistico and other cockfighters in Puerto Rico challenging an amendment to the Animal Welfare Act that seeks to apply our federal anti-animal fighting laws to all parts of the United States, including the Commonwealth of Puerto … Read more
U.S. Department of Justice Argues that Cockfighting is Unambiguously Outlawed in all Five U.S. Territories Washington, D.C. — Top officials at Animal Wellness Action and the Animal Wellness Foundation urged the governors and other top elected leaders of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands to signal to the community … Read more
Guam and other territories must decide if they’ll abide by the rule of law, with animal fighting ban set to take effect on December 12th Spectators stirred and hollered as I walked into the cockfighting arena this week. Not because of me, perhaps the only non-Pacific Islander in a crowd of 125 or so men. And … Read more
Washington D.C. — The U.S. House Committee on Appropriations has signaled it wants to see the Department of Justice (DOJ) step up its work to prosecute animal cruelty crimes, including animal fighting – a bloody and horrific practice that pits animals against each other in a fight to the death for gambling and entertainment. The Committee … Read more
It’s hard for any enthusiast of an immoral practice or hobby to cope with the idea that their favored activity is soon to be illegal. The enthusiast typically has a well-scripted rationale to justify the practice, often makes money on the activity, and considers it a way of life. A hobby or business that they’ve … Read more
Last week, Los Angeles County unanimously passed an ordinance to crack down on the barbaric practice of cockfighting. In a nation of 3100 counties you may regard a policy reform in a single county as progress, but of a humble type. But L.A. County is one of the nation’s biggest and most populous counties, and it’s … Read more