Bill Would Halt the Trade in Bear Gallbladders, Paws and Bile, Align Vermont’s Wildlife Trafficking Policies with More than 40 Other States Montpelier, VT — Animal Wellness Action celebrated the successful passage of a provision in State Bill S.301 to prohibit the sale of bear bile and other internal organs used in Traditional Chinese Medicine … Read more
End Bear Poaching
Press Release S.258 now moves to House for consideration, following an encouraging 21-8-1 vote on Senate floor last week Montpelier, VT — Animal Wellness Action applauds the Vermont Senate for passing a bill that modernizes the management of fish and wildlife in the state, promotes biodiversity of ecosystems and helps in the fight against animal … Read more
Congress is overdue to halt live exports of horses for consumption, fighting animals for combat, mink pelts for fashion, and bear bile as a potion. Many domestic forms of animal exploitation survive, and even thrive, because the people behind these enterprises tap foreign markets for their cruelty and contraband, whether they’re peddling live animals or … Read more
This Case Reminds Us Some People Have No Regard for Lives of Wild Animals, Groups Say Colorado — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy issued this statement regarding news that a Colorado man has been arrested on a felony charge and several misdemeanors for illegally shooting and killing a sow bear … Read more
Bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by House Foreign Affairs Chairman, introduces Bear Poaching Elimination Act Survey the world in search of the worst localized horrors meted out against animals — the animal sacrifices of the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal every five years, the fish-in-a-barrel shooting of captive lions in South Africa, the water-borne butchering of … Read more
Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, Center for a Humane Economy, SPCA International, Protect Our Wildlife-Vermont, and other organizations lauded House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Mike McCaul, R-Texas, and Reps. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., and Annie Kuster, D-N.H. for introducing legislation to protect the world’s eight species of … Read more
Captive and Wild Bears Throughout the World Killed for Bladders and Bile Washington, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, the Center for a Humane Economy, SPCA International, and other organizations lauded U.S. Senators John Kennedy, R-La., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., for introducing legislation to stop the exploitation of bears, seeking to end … Read more
Ashland, OR –The Center for a Humane Economy reacted to today’s announcement from the Jackson County District Attorney that Greensprings Fire Chief Gene Davies will not be prosecuted for rendering aid to a young black bear on April 7th. Chief Davies was cited on April 8th by Oregon State Police (OSP) for his role in … Read more
Ashland, OR – A young Oregon black bear was killed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) officials on April 8, 2021, and a Jackson County volunteer fire chief responding to a call from a concerned citizen has been cited with a misdemeanor by the Oregon State Police for his role in rescuing the animal … Read more
(This essay is the latest in our continuing series about the relationship between animal-use industries, pathogens and their effect on animal and human health.) Survey the world in search of the worst localized horrors meted out against animals — the animal sacrifices of the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal every five years, the fish-in-a-barrel shooting of captive … Read more