Animal wellness groups declare China’s EATS (CHEATS) Act is a giveaway to America’s global rival that will double down on inhumane treatment of pigs. Washington, D.C. — Today, Wayne Pacelle criticized House Republican leaders for charging ahead with a partisan farm bill, H.R. 8467, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, labeling it an attack on … Read more
Creating a Cage-free Future
Animal wellness groups declare that China’s EATS Act, dubbed the CHEATS Act in its modified Form, is terrible policy for the United States and grounded on a series of false assumptions Washington, D.C. — Today, Wayne Pacelle reacted to the inclusion of China’s EATS Act in the draft Farm bill set for a House committee mark-up next … Read more
China’s EATS (CHEATS) Act bulldozes states’ rights and animal welfare to roll out the red carpet for high-rise factory farms controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Penn., has announced he’s including a provision in the Farm bill to overturn key state laws providing more living space for farm … Read more
Might a version of China’s 26-story, high-rise pig farm be coming soon to the U.S.? The EATS Act is an assault on states’ rights and an invitation for China to bring its high-rise factory farms to the homeland China’s 1.4 billion citizens consume their weight in pigs every year. 700 million animals. 192 billion pounds … Read more
Lawmakers say overturning state laws to benefit foreign interests violates conservative principles Washington, D.C. — In yet one more signal that the EATS Act is viewed as an attack on states’ rights to benefit China’s hold on the American pork industry, 10 conservative Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives today sent a letter to House … Read more
McDonald’s announcement of its transition to cage-free eggs is a marker that animal agriculture must heed the wishes of its customers and do better on animal welfare. Oftentimes, I tell you about the failings of government in implementing animal-welfare laws or corporations delivering on their pledges. Well, here’s good news: a corporation kept its word. … Read more
Animal Wellness Action urges State Attorney General to advocate for no exemptions on sale of factory-farmed pork. Boston, MA — In an ongoing legal battle over the implementation of Question 3 in Massachusetts, a federal judge who had upheld nearly all key provisions of the 2016 voter-approved law struck down this week a very narrow … Read more
A legislative maneuver to overturn free and fair American elections, the EATS Act puts at risk more than a thousand agricultural businesses supplying California with pork and eggs. “Our farm and other Texas family-owned farms and ranches have geared up our production to meet the new and exciting market demand for our products in California,” … Read more
The group has investigated illegal cockfighting in the state and found countless operations clustered in the northern part of the state where latest HPAI outbreak occurred Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and Center for a Humane Economy warned federal and state authorities about the potential of backyard cockfighting operations to dramatically spread Highly Pathogenic … Read more
New cast of pork companies replay losing arguments in U.S. District Court that U.S. Supreme Court already rejected in May 2023. Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy are responding to news that pork processors have once again asked a federal court to strike down Question 3 — a Massachusetts … Read more