Equines, Federal Legislation /
Study Says Americans Could be Eating Horsemeat Without Knowing
It’s not just Europe where ground beef and meatballs could be tainted with horsemeat.
Equines, Wildlife, Action Alerts, In the News /
Lawmakers Taking a Stand to Protect the Salt River Horses
The U.S. Forest Service has sparked a national outrage with its new plan to remove all of the horses from one of the nation’s most iconic herds—the Salt River horses—from Tonto National Forest in Arizona.
Wildlife, Federal Legislation, In the News /
Airlines Take Flight from Trophy Hunting; When Will Congress Get On Board?
The tragic death of Cecil the lion—senselessly shot by an American dentist with a bow and arrow and left to suffer for hours before being shot again—has exposed the pay-to-slay subculture of wealthy people who spend a fortune to kill the grandest, most majestic animals in the world. The public outrage shows no signs of slowing down.
Equines, Federal Legislation /
House Veterinarians and Bipartisan Lawmakers Team Up to Make Soring a Thing of the PAST
Good news for horses: a bipartisan group of more than 100 members of Congress, evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, joined together as original cosponsors of the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act introduced last night in the U.S. House. Led by Reps. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., and Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., who are both veterinarians and co-chairs of the House Veterinary Medicine Caucus, along with the leadership team of Reps.
Pets & Cruelty, Federal Legislation /
Anti-Cruelty Bill Gathers Steam, to Protect Animals and People
It’s well established that malicious animal cruelty indicates a broader social pathology and lack of empathy, and the perpetrators often are indiscriminate in choosing victims – one day it’s a dog or a horse, another day it’s a neighborhood child or just some innocent passerby.
Wildlife, State Legislation /
How Safe Are You From an Escaped Pet Lion?
If you live in one of five states with no laws preventing the private possession of dangerous wild animals, there’s no telling what kind of safety threats are looming in your own neighborhood. Dozens of Milwaukee residents reported seeing a lion running loose, spurring a media frenzy this week. One blurry image captured on video in a resident’s backyard suggests this could be a young male or adult female African lion.
Animals in Research, Equines, Farm Animals, Pets & Cruelty, Wildlife, Federal Legislation, In the News /
House Action is a Mixed Bag for Animals
Yesterday was a mixed day of results for animals on Capitol Hill, with some setbacks and some progress on a number of different fronts for companion animals, wildlife, and farm animals.
What good news there was came in the Agriculture Appropriations Bill that passed the House Appropriations Committee.
Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Congress Needs to Act Both at Home and Abroad to Protect Elephants from Poaching
Today the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed H.R. 2494, the Global Anti-Poaching Act, sponsored by Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., and Ranking Member Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.
Animals in Research, Federal Legislation /
Pretty Doesn’t Have to Hurt: Humane Cosmetics Act Introduced
More than 30 countries—home to 1.7 billion consumers—prohibit the manufacture and sale of animal-tested cosmetics. The United States can help accelerate the pace of reform worldwide and drive the market toward cruelty-free products with new bipartisan legislation introduced today in Congress.
Wildlife, Federal Legislation /
Who's Afraid of Big, Bad Policy? War on Wolves Wages On
Some anti-wolf politicians in Congress are once again pushing to force the removal of wolves from the Endangered Species Act and to block wildlife biologists, the courts, and so many members of the public from having anything to say about it. It’s the worst kind of back-room deal-making, and we need your help now to stop it.
Farm Animals, Pets & Cruelty, Wildlife, Film & Television /
Wildlife Disservices
Longtime wildlife advocate Congressman Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., led a briefing today to expose the annual, irresponsible killing of millions of wild animals on behalf of a few special interests.
Animals in Research, In the News /
Where Science and Compassion Overlap: Making Progress on Animal Research Issues
If you want evidence that animal research in the country has gone off track, you don’t need to look very far.
