AWA and the Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF) are supporting the United States by seeking to participate as friends of the court in two pivotal federal court cases relating to animal fighting. In Puerto Rico, and separately on Guam, cockfighters have filed legal actions to nullify the most recently enacted provisions the anti-fighting section of the … Read more
By Josh Marquis AWA Director of Legal Affairs Barbara LaWall is unique in many ways. She was the first person in her family to attend college. She entered law school later in life than most, after seven years as a high school English teacher. Courtesy of Title IX, Barbara was in the first University of … Read more
Our phones starting buzzing on the morning of March 9th. It was news of the FBI’s surprise raids at a racetrack and horse training facility in Florida around 5:00 A.M. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York handed down 40 indictments of trainers, veterinarians, and drug distributors in multiple states. Among … Read more
Federal laws to protect animals are only useful if enforced. Animal Wellness Action (AWA) and the Animal Wellness Foundation are promoting the idea that the U.S. Department of Justice should have an Animal Cruelty Crimes section to do that important work. A dedicated Animal Cruelty Crimes section at DOJ would allow for robust and effective … Read more
In a global economy, the spread of pathogens, intertwined with the trifling exchanges of cash for the lives of wild animals, can ricochet across the planet in a matter of weeks. A casual transaction in a small, open-air market in Wuhan has affected, to varying degrees, every one of our lives. It’s affected our movements, … Read more