Wildlife, Action Alerts, Federal Legislation /
ProTECT Act introduced in Congress to ban trophy hunting horror show
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Pets & Cruelty, Federal Legislation /
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. House passes PACT Act cracking down on extreme animal cruelty
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
The U.S. House has just voted overwhelmingly to crack down on some of the worst and most malicious acts of animal cruelty, including crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, and impaling live animals and sexually exploiting them. The watershed vote takes us one step closer to a federal anti-cruelty statute that would allow the FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute those who commit such unspeakable crimes against innocent animals.
Wildlife /
Illegal government advisory panel touts 'benefits' of trophy hunting
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Wildlife, In the News, State Legislation /
Breaking news: California leads the nation by banning fur sales, bobcat trophy hunting
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Moments ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom made history by signing into law two landmark bills: one banning the sale and production of all new fur products in California, and another prohibiting the trophy hunting of bobcats in his state.
Farm Animals, Pets & Cruelty, Federal Legislation, In the News /
Breaking news: Department of Justice defends federal cockfighting ban for Puerto Rico, Guam
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
The federal government has filed a brief strongly defending a law that would expand the ban on cockfighting in the United States to Puerto Rico, Guam and other U.S. territories.
Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Senator introduces bills to restrict private possession of big cats, primates
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Equines, Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Breaking news: Key Senate committee signals support for animals, like wild horses and whales, with spending bills
Today, the U.S. Congress once again provides good news for animals. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved two Fiscal Year 2020 bills that cover funding for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Commerce—including federal agencies whose activities and programs have enormous consequences for animals.
Animals in Research, Federal Legislation /
Bunnies take over Capitol Hill to find Some Bunny to Love
Rabbits are docile, loveable animals who we view as companions. Unfortunately, they, along with guinea pigs, mice, and rats, are still used for cosmetics testing for products like lipstick, toothpaste, lotion, and shampoo. In fact, approximately 500,000 animals suffer and die worldwide every year due to cosmetic testing where substances are forced down animals’ throats, dripped into their eyes, or smeared onto their skin, and they are left to suffer for days or weeks without pain relief.
Wildlife, In the News /
Breaking news: 17 states sue Trump administration for weakening Endangered Species Act
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Today, 17 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and New York City filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from making harmful changes to how the Endangered Species Act, the bedrock law that protects endangered and threatened animal species and their habitats, is implemented by the federal government.
Elections /
On National Voter Registration Day, remember what’s at stake for animals
As part of our fundamental mission, we encourage our members and supporters to advocate for animal protection by contacting elected officials about pending legislation and related matters. But we also ask you to stand up for animals by casting your ballot in elections at the federal, state, and local levels. We know, and we’ve tried to show you, that it really counts when animal welfare is on the line.
Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Grijalva’s PAW and FIN Conservation Act gets a House hearing
The Protect America’s Wildlife and Fish In Need of Conservation Act, (H.R. 4348)—also known as the PAW and FIN Conservation Act—introduced by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and 23 colleagues, received an important hearing in the House Natural Resources Committee today. This critical bill would stop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from implementing irresponsible and dangerous rules designed to gut the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and decimate federal protections for our world’s most imperiled species.
Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Key House committee passes bills cracking down on trophy hunting, big cat captivity, and shark fin trade
A House committee today approved four key pieces of animal protection and conservation legislation to alleviate threats faced by some of the world’s most iconic and at-risk species, including a bill that would end harmful public contact activities with big cats, another that would crack down on the shark fin trade in the United States, one that would continue a critical conservation funding source, and a bill that would restrict the import of the body parts of endangered and threatened large animals killed overseas by trophy hunters.
