Farm Animals, Pets & Cruelty, Federal Legislation /
VICTORY: Court rejects challenge to federal cockfighting ban in Puerto Rico, Guam and other U.S. territories
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
A federal court has rejected an attempt to stop Congress from closing a loophole that allowed cockfighters to continue operating in U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico and Guam, despite the fact that cockfighting is a felony in all U.S. states.
Wildlife, Federal Legislation, In the News /
Scientists carry water for trophy hunting industry
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
For years now, trophy hunters have spun a web of lies to tie their ruthless killing of some of the world’s most at-risk animals to fake conservation benefits. A recent exchange in the prestigious Science magazine has laid bare links some scientists have with the trophy hunting lobby, and it has led to the magazine revising its own policy on how it identifies letter writers with ties to lobbying interests.
Animals in Research, Wildlife, Action Alerts /
BREAKING NEWS: NIH reneges on promise, will not send 44 research chimpanzees to sanctuary
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
In a stunning about-face on its own promise, the National Institutes of Health today announced it will not send 44 chimpanzees, now held by the Alamogordo primate laboratory in New Mexico, to sanctuary.
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.
