After historic gains for beagles, horses, and animal-free science, we cannot look away when high-profile athletes are tied to organized animal cruelty. When you think about our recent work with Ridglan Farms — helping engineer an accord that allowed us to rescue 1,500 beagles confined in a breeding facility that fed the dogs into laboratories … Read more
The brazen participation of the Ortiz brothers in illegal cockfighting underscores that animal fighters feel no need to conceal their criminal conduct from the indifferent feds There are a thousand good reasons for Congress to pass the Fighting Inhumane Gambling and High-Risk Trafficking (FIGHT) Act — a bill with four core provisions to enhance enforcement … Read more
Animal Cruelty & Organized Crime Dimensions Stressed WASHINGTON, D.C.— Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today urged Major League Baseball (MLB) to investigate LA Dodgers pitcher Edwin Diaz for illegal cockfighting activity in Puerto Rico and to take speedy disciplinary action if the activity is proven true. Diaz has been repeatedly … Read more
Says Operation Demonstrates That Cockfighters Cannot Hide Criminal Activity and Calls on Congress to Pass FIGHT Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action today applauded the coordinated law enforcement operation that dismantled an alleged large-scale cockfighting venture in Tolland, resulting in more than 50 arrests and the seizure of hundreds of birds. According to multiple … Read more
Groups urge HISA and federal authorities to investigate Jose and Irad Ortiz, Jr. following explosive USA Today report about extreme violence against animals Bethesda, Md.— Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today called on horse racing authorities and federal prosecutors to take immediate action against acclaimed jockeys Jose Ortiz and Irad Ortiz, … Read more
Agriculture Committee head also tried (but failed) to gut the greyhound racing ban. The U.S. Senate can correct outcomes at odds with American values I’m still in southern Wisconsin, where the community is abuzz with excitement about the accord I announced yesterday between the Center for a Humane Economy, Big Dog Ranch Rescue, and Ridglan … Read more
“The Rules Committee blocked four GOP-led amendments on animal welfare that were headed to passage, including the Luna-Costa-Garbarino amendment to nix a provision to federally preempt state laws to combat extreme and inhumane confinement of breeding pigs,” said Pacelle. “The Agriculture Committee should not be allowed to wipe out the votes of 10 million American … Read more
We just shut down the world’s biggest cockfighting pipeline: Fighting Birds Shipped from the U.S. to the Philippines via this major air carrier Today marks one of the most significant non-legislative breakthroughs we’ve ever secured in our quest to eradicate animal fighting in the United States and across the globe. After months of investigations, and … Read more
Recent investigations into smuggling of fighting birds triggered legislation from U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls to halt transnational shipments of tens of thousands of birds WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following a series of investigations by Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Dallas Morning News, and then the subsequent introduction of federal legislation targeting … Read more
U.S. House debate on the bill, replete with provisions to benefit foreign companies and a relative handful of foreign consumers, is here The American public cares deeply about animal well-being. You wouldn’t know it, though, if you dig into the legislative details of the Farm Bill – better defined as the “Factory Farm Bill” – … Read more