Yesterday the President Enacted Landmark Legislation to End Animal Testing Mandates and Horse Doping in the U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, President Joe Biden inked the last of five animal protection measures into law in the year-end spending bill to fund the Federal Government for FY2023. The FDA Modernization Act 2.0, Reducing Animal Testing Act, … Read more
Animal Wellness Action lobbied the Congress to close out abuse of dangerous big cats in our communities WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, and Big Cat Rescue applauded the signing of the Big Cat Public Safety Act, H.R. 263, by President Joe Biden today. The groups commend Sens. Richard Blumenthal, … Read more
From President Biden’s first day in office, a core ambition of his administration has been to push the United States towards clean, renewable energy.
In the latest but perhaps most appalling subversion of animal welfare since assuming control of the executive branch, the Biden Administration has targeted the nation’s most important farm animal welfare law. In an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Department of Justice sided with the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the … Read more
Impacts of ruling on animal welfare, states’ rights, and climate change could be devastating as a result of Biden position WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, in response to the federal government’s filing of a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down California’s Proposition 12, a voter-approved ballot measure to promote food safety and animal welfare, Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness … Read more
The assault on wolves is the most obvious example of inattention to the core American value of caring for animals The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in recently announcing the opening or expansion of 910 new opportunities for hunting or fishing on national wildlife refuges, could hardly contain its pride. “This final rule,” the agency … Read more
Film Made by Director of Disney’s “Black Beauty,” Along with Rally Led by Top D.C. Lobbyists and Advocates, are the Last Hope for the Onaqui horses Set to be Rounded Up by Helicopter on Sunday WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Animal Wellness Action and The Wild Beauty Foundation released a short film produced by Ashley Avis, … Read more
Press Release State Capitol Event Seeks to Prevent the Roundup of Onaqui Herd by Federal Bureau of Land Management SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Today, actress Katherine Heigl, joined by Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, the Jason Debus Heigl Foundation, Wild Horse Photo Safaris, the Red Birds Trust, and the Cloud Foundation … Read more
President Biden indicated, in an appearance last week on the YouTube program “Brave Wilderness” that focuses on connecting young people to the great outdoors, that he’s alert to the plight of wolves in the United States. He pledged that he’s deeply connected to animals and the natural world and his Administration may do something to remedy the … Read more
Effort Follows Interior Secretary’s House Testimony Indicating Helicopter Roundups to Continue Washington, D.C. – Today, a diverse coalition of more than 90 groups and 1,100 individuals joined together in a letter calling on President Joe Biden to impose an immediate moratorium on helicopter roundups of the nation’s beleaguered wild horses and burros living on federal lands across … Read more