Millions of animals and millions of Americans — kids, pregnant women, and the needy — are at risk from an element known to be deadly, irreducible for 2,000 years Nobody should use bullets that keep killing long after being discharged from a firearm. But that’s exactly what happens when hunters load lead rounds into their … Read more
Getting the Lead Out
ANTIGO, WI — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today announced a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the poacher responsible for shooting an American white pelican now in recovery at the Raptor Education Group, Inc. (REGI) in Antigo, Wisconsin. Earlier this month, REGI admitted a severely … Read more
More than 100 species are victims of plumbism, as are hunting families WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) reintroduced the Lead Endangers Animals Daily (LEAD) Act, H.R. 6268, to direct the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to phase out lead ammunition and lead fishing tackle on the country’s 573 National Wildlife Refuges. … Read more
If we give up now, there’ll be no stopping the timber industry and federal bureaucrats from attacks on forest owls and old-growth forests Senate Democrats voted last week not only to kill a half a million North American barred owls, but also to give Trump’s Department of the Interior the green light to start taking … Read more
Democrat senators defect en masse and allow shooters to slaughter owls This week, a nation of owl lovers and animal advocates had a chance to grab a perch and behold the passion and wit and smarts of a very prominent defender of animals — U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. He stood on the Senate floor, … Read more
How online rodent-killer sales are killing America’s wildlife by Ted Williams Dr. Maureen Murray of Tufts Wildlife Clinic in North Grafton, Massachusetts, was trying and failing to maintain a clinical countenance. She was clicking through X-rays from necropsies she’d done on raptors killed by second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs), and the images were depressing both of … Read more
Millions of hunters continue to disperse thousands of tons of lead into the environment, putting people in jeopardy and causing pain and death for wildlife Nobody should use bullets that keep killing long after discharged from a firearm. But that’s exactly what happens when hunters load lead rounds into their shotguns and rifles, take aim … Read more
Millions of hunters have already switched to copper, steel, and non-toxic metals for ammunition. Washington D.C. — Today, U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., introduced legislation to phase out the use of lead ammunition on National Wildlife Refuges. The legislation will reduce needless, incidental poisoning of millions of wild animals by lead … Read more
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to slow walk banning lead ammunition on just two percent of 400+ refuges allowing sport hunting. Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Animal Wellness Foundation strongly criticized a final rule from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that purports to address the ongoing, mass … Read more
Animal Wellness notes that millions of hunters have already switched to copper, steel, and far less toxic metals for ammunition Washington D.C. — Late this week, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., introduced legislation to phase out the use of lead ammunition on National Wildlife Refuges. The legislation would put an end to the needless incidental poisoning … Read more