Following the Marty Makary & Pam Bondi exits, the last animal friends in the White House may be rats in the woodwork WASHINGTON D.C.––Resigning on May 12, 2026 under direct pressure from U.S. president Donald Trump, former U.S. Food & Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary dashed with his forced exit whatever illusions anyone may still […]
Save Our Pigs! Guest column by Lewis Bollard
The pork lobby is one farm bill away from gutting our strongest farm animal welfare laws Lewis Bollard heads the Farm Animal Welfare Program at Open Philanthropy. Lewis Bollard’s ANIMALS 24-7 guest column, below, was originally posted to Bollard’s own Substack blog, ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Narrow aim, wider reach Last Thursday, April 30, 2026, the U.S. House of […]
Worst-yet egg barn fire makes case for cell-cultured “animal” products
Mississippi as usual tries to ban progress CORWITH, Iowa––A March 26, 2026 barn fire at the Hawkeye Pride Egg Farm near Corwith, Iowa, 30 miles west of Mason City, still burning well into March 27, is believed to have brought the most animal deaths of any fire in U.S. history. The Hawkeye Pride Egg Farm […]
Judge to Bondi: don’t play “chicken” with California hen protection law
Pun-filled verdict tells Trump administration to sit down from lack of standing LOS ANGELES––Judge Mark C. Scarsi of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, a 2020 Donald Trump appointee, on March 19, 2026 rejected a July 2025 Trump administration challenge to the California standards for raising egg-laying hens for lack of […]
Make cruelty unprofitable again, by Lewis Bollard
How to crack the cruelty collective action problem Lewis Bollard heads the Farm Animal Welfare Program at Open Philanthropy. Lewis Bollard’s ANIMALS 24-7 guest column, below, originally posted to Bollard’s own Substack blog, spotlights a situation in the United Kingdom paralleling what would happen in the United States if U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee […]
No Valentines for animals in GOP Farm Bill released on Friday the 13th
The SOB Act, to overturn state-level farmed animal protections, is incorporated as a central feature of the draft 2026 Farm Bill WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee chair Glenn “GT” Thompson, a Republican from Pennsylvania, waited until late on Friday the 13th of February 2026 to release the bad news text of the “Farm, […]
Zoe Rosenberg gets 30 days; she & Wayne Hsiung both hit with restitution
Relatively light jail sentence, but 6-figure restitution to be paid to poultry firms SANTA ROSA, California––Sonoma County Superior Court judge Kenneth Gnoss on December 3, 2025 in Santa Rosa, California, sentenced Direct Action Everywhere activist Zoe Rosenberg, 23, of Berkeley, California, to serve 30 days in jail, 60 days in a “jail alternative” program, and […]
OK Gamefowl Commission dissolved, top cock Devore criminally charged
“No more chicken $#@+” Ethics Commisson tells Anthony Devore OKLAHOMA CITY , Oklahoma—Even the Oklahoma state capitol, where the hot air comes sweeping down the halls, has limits to how much wind it will tolerate from Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission cofounder Anthony Devore. Actually “commissioned” by nobody, and never any sort of official Oklahoma state-sanctioned entity, […]
Trump & Bondi sue to overturn California laws protecting farmed animals
Just when non-vegan Californians thought it was safe to buy eggs LOS ANGELES, California––U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, the most prominent self-asserted animal advocate in the Donald Trump administration, on July 9, 2025 sued the state of California, California governor Gavin Newsom, and California state attorney general Rob Bonta in Los Angeles federal court, seeking […]
Postal error kills up to 15,000 newly hatched chicks, leaves SPCA with 2,000+
Delaware disaster draws attention yet again to inhumanity of mailing live birds CAMDEN, Delaware–“More than two thousand” chicks, survivors of as many as 17,000 abandoned for four days at a U.S. Postal Service distribution center circa April 29, 2025, remain at the First State Animal Center & SPCA, shelter director John Parana told media. More […]