Congress Eliminates 1930s Animal-Testing Requirement, President Signs
FDA Modernization Act Promises to Usher in Era of “Cruelty-Free Drugs”
December 27, 2022
Author: Wayne Pacelle
UPDATED: Congress Ends Shark Fin Trade
Lawmakers pass landmark legislation “Congress has taken shark fins off the menu,” said Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action, in celebrating Senate passage Thursday night of the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act as an
December 15, 2022
Victory! Congress Shuttering Trade in Big Cats as Pets and Props
All of us at Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, and the Center for a Humane Economy exhaled from the deepest recesses of our lungs Tuesday night. A grueling, often maddening, and sometimes enlightening
December 8, 2022
National Legislation Introduced to Allow Citizen Suits to Crack Down on Staged Animal Fights
Lawmakers also seek to choke off transport of adult roosters through U.S. mail
November 17, 2022
The Supreme Court Takes Up Prop 12 — and the Future of Factory Farming
Four years ago, 12,051,139 Californians cast ballots on Proposition 12, a measure formulated to improve the living conditions of some species of farm animals. In a landslide vote.
October 5, 2022
While Heartwarming and Important, Beagle Rescue Will Result in 4,000 Other Beagles Sacrificed in Experiments Unless It’s Paired with FDA Modernization Act
It is just and right that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in response to a PETA investigation, ordered the release of more than 4,000 beagles from Envigo, a contract-breeding facility in Virginia supplying dogs
September 6, 2022
Pork Industry Thumbs Its Nose at American Consumers and Corporations in Asking Supreme Court to Nullify Measures Promoting Humane Treatment
Center, Animal Wellness Action, and Agriculture Veterinarians Submit Briefs Eviscerating Pork Industry Claims Give Big Pork its due. It has chutzpah. The National Pork Producers Council and its agribusiness allies have lost every anti-gestation crate
August 18, 2022
With Joe Exotic and Other Menagerie Owners Out of Business or in Legal Trouble, It’s Time to Enact Safeguards for Captive Big Cats
U.S. House set to vote on Big Cat Public Safety Act, and you can help us win the vote It’s been well more than two years since the release of the salacious Netflix series “Tiger
July 25, 2022
Denmark Acted with Proper Urgency After Mutated Virus Spilled from Mink to Humans
A Danish legal team issued a report last week strongly criticizing Denmark’s Social Democrats and their allies after the Prime Minister and her cabinet ordered the mass killing of mink in that country in the
July 7, 2022
Biden Administration’s Legal Attack on Farm Animal Welfare
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
June 25, 2022