House Agriculture Committee chairman put GOP lawmakers in an indefensible position — opposing states’ rights and currying favor with China. Twenty lawmakers took the hit. In Colorado, trophy-hunting groups came up short with Amendment 83 to create a constitutional right to hunt and trap on this year’s ballot, which could have nullified two ballot measures … Read more
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The Center for a Humane Economy applaud the ruling and call on DOJ and USDA to abandon their assault on state laws to stop torture of farm animals WASHINGTON – Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today applauded a federal court decision dismissing the U.S. Department of Justice’s misguided and poorly reasoned … Read more
Evidence from the first years of implementation offers a clearer picture of the law’s effects on production, pricing, market access, and industry consolidation. By Galina Hale, Ph.D. This article was originally published by the All Life Institute, a global thinktank based in Washington D.C. that is uniquely dedicated to protecting and enhancing all life on … Read more
Senate version does not preempt state farm animal welfare laws, but does subsidize mink farming by repealing a 30-year-old pro-taxpayer, pro-animal law. I am going to give you the good news first. After a failed attempt in early August, the Senate Agriculture Committee this week advanced Chairman John Boozman’s Farm Bill 2.0, the Agricultural Act … Read more
Statement of Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy “The effort to block states from passing strong farm animal welfare laws failed on the 2014 and 2018 farm bills, and the Save Our Bacon Act will meet that same fate in this Congress, too. Americans don’t want a … Read more
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman leaves out the SOB Act but leaves other key animal welfare policies, including animal fighting and horse slaughter, for the full committee to handle It was good news yesterday when Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., released his draft Farm bill, which omits the wicked Save Our Bacon (SOB) Act. … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, issued the following statement in response to the release of the draft Farm bill by the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee: The most significant animal welfare development in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s draft Farm bill is what is … Read more
The former leader of the Save Our Bacon (SOB) Act in the U.S. Senate withdraws support for it For more than a decade, the architects of the Save Our Bacon Act have persistently tried to persuade federal lawmakers and federal judges to overturn state animal-welfare laws approved by voters. The courts turned them back in … 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