Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy issue appreciation and major cash payout to the individual to address act of savagery that sparked widespread revulsion Washington, D.C. — The Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action today announced that they have issued a payout of $15,000 as a reward to an … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The public condemnation within Wyoming and across the rest of the nation to Cody Roberts running over a wolf with a snowmobile underscores that there is a national consensus that Congress should heed and take action to forbid the practice on all federal lands, according to Animal Wellness Action and the Center … Read more
Wayne Pacelle, upon learning that Judge Richard Lavery has conditionally accepted the plea agreement in the Cody Roberts case, had this reaction on a case that has drawn national attention and engaged millions of Americans: “Kudos to Sublette County Attorney Clayton Melinkovich for successfully prosecuting Cody Roberts for felony animal cruelty. He handled this case with honor and courage. The savage … Read more
Cruelty to a wolf may, in the end, get no pass Nearly eighteen months ago, we learned of an act of cruelty so outside the bounds of acceptable human behavior that it shook me to the core and shocked tens of millions of other Americans in the same way. A man named Cody Roberts chased … Read more
Congress may take up legislation in September to remove federal protections for wolves across more than 15 states You can listen to an AI-generated reading of this story here: In February 2024, a man in Wyoming committed an act of cruelty so malicious that a wave of moral outrage rolled across the globe. Cody Roberts, … Read more
In the Northern Rockies, the war on wolves has spiraled into a state-sanctioned bloodbath. We’re leading the legal charge to restore protections before it’s too late. You can listen to an AI-generated reading of this story here: We consider it our duty to stand in the way of people possessed with hatred in their hearts … Read more
State inaction is the primary reason that the Snowmobiles Aren’t Weapons (SAW) Act is needed at the federal level CHEYENNE, Wyo. — On the anniversary of the horrific running over of an adolescent female wolf by Cody Roberts in Sublette County, Wyo., Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy asked Wyoming residents … Read more
State inaction is the primary reason that the Snowmobiles Aren’t Weapons (SAW) Act is needed at the federal level Cheyenne, WY — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy strongly criticized the set of Wyoming lawmakers who decided not to adopt a statewide policy forbidding intentional chasing down, running over, and injuring and … Read more
Practice of ‘whacking’ requires authentic reform, and Wyoming need only look to Colorado and Minnesota as examples of agriculture- and hunting-oriented states with sound policies against running over animals Washington D.C — Leaders of two national animal welfare groups expressed frustration at a newly proposed amendment to existing Wyoming law that permits the killing of … Read more
Bipartisan group of lawmakers address a sadistic form of cruelty to wildlife thrust into the spotlight by Wyoming rancher and trophy hunter Cody Roberts Washington D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded the introduction of new legislation to ban the use of motorized vehicles — mainly by use of … Read more