Press Release Animal Wellness team preparing for action upon landing in The Bahamas FREEPORT, BAHAMAS — The Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF), in its latest set of actions on disaster response efforts, is providing hay to surviving horses on the island of Grand Bahama. Large animals are often not a central focus of animal disaster response efforts … Read more
Powerful Senate committee directs the Department of Justice to make enforcement of animal welfare laws a priority WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations included language in a key spending bill directing the Department of Justice to make investigation and prosecution of our nation’s federal animal welfare laws a priority, including the animal … Read more
Animal Wellness Urges Congressional Leaders to Pass the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act Swiftly WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the federal Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act, H.R. 724, reached 290 cosponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives, a measure that has been heavily lobbied for by the Animal Wellness Foundation and Animal Wellness … Read more
Animal Wellness Backing Effort for Major Step Up of Animal Welfare in Oklahoma Animal advocates are panting and wagging their tails at the prospect of a major new development for their cause in Oklahoma City, one of the fastest-growing and most vibrant cities in the heartland. Over the past 25 years, the city has experienced … Read more
For the last two nights, Democrats debated on a national stage in a crowded, competitive primary that will ultimately produce a challenger to President Donald Trump, with the election just 15 months away. Never before has the U.S. Presidency been infused with more power, guiding the work of millions of federal employees (including the most … Read more
USDA has been lax on enforcement, but these steps can help shield dogs from mistreatment Puppy mills have been an American curse, but this week, we are wagging our tails a bit at the thought of some federal reforms. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) just announced a proposed rule to address bad behavior from … Read more
Subtle and straightforward efforts to thwart protections for wolves, Walking horses, and roostersThere has been unmistakable progress in the field of animal protection, especially in recent years. We’ve outlawed cockfighting and dogfighting and made it a felony at the federal level too. The veal industry no longer immobilizes male calves as a standard husbandry practice. … Read more
Washington, D.C. — Today U.S. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Charlie Crist (D-FL) introduced legislation to crack down on cruel “puppy mills” — large commercial dog breeding operations that breed large volumes of puppies to sell at pet stores and over the internet. The WOOF Act would amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the U.S. … Read more
This report comes just days after lawmakers propose an anti-cruelty bill that includes a national prohibition on bestiality More than a few times in three decades of animal advocacy, I’ve learned about extreme practices toward animals and wondered how people could be so deadened to the suffering of animals or so diabolical that they could … Read more
Key advances for animals and one major setback, while other good and bad initiatives stall Lawmakers in the 115th Congress got off to an awful start for animals, with Republicans reversing a key legal protection for wildlife in Alaska. But they ended their work nearly two years later by passing a Farm bill that included three … Read more