Soi Dog Foundation enlists teachers & practitioners of traditional medicine in campaign HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam––Sixty-four human deaths from rabies in Vietnam during the first nine months of 2023, an increase of 21 from the first nine months of 2022, have sparked renewed efforts to eradicate the dog and cat meat traffic. Medically recognized […]
Sixty million farmed animals get help from new USDA organic standards
New USDA organic rule does what consumers thought the Organic Standards Act did back in 1990 WASHINGTON D.C.––Sixty million farmed animals may benefit from the Organic Livestock & Poultry Standards final rule previewed on October 25, 2023 by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The final rule comes 33 years after the passage of the 1990 Organic […]
Oregon halts wildlife killing contests; New York gov Hochul dithers
New York legislature passed bill to ban wildlife killing contests three months ago, but governor has yet to sign it into law BEND, Oregon; ALBANY, New York––The Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission on September 15, 2023 voted unanimously to prohibit wildlife killing contests for coyotes and other species classified as unprotected mammals in the […]
Can new regs fix what’s wrong with walking horse shows & racing?
Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration was mighty quiet without Clant Seay SHELBYVILLE, Tennessee––The 85th annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, held from August 23, 2023 through September 2, 2023, was mighty quiet without the protesting presence for the first time in a decade of Citizens Campaign Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty founder Clant Seay. Seay, […]
“Big Lickers” & pals Haggerty & Vilsack defy the ghost of Clant Seay
The Prevent All Soring Tactics Act, or PAST Act, may be barn-sour WASHINGTON D.C.––The ghost of Citizens Campaign Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty founder Clant Seay, also known as the Ghost of PAST Act Failed, may already be rattling stacked horseshoes and chains in the offices of U.S. Senator Bill Haggerty and Agriculture Secretary Tom […]
The baffling case of horse trainer Bob Baffert
Humane Society of the U.S. president Kitty Block slammed & damned Baffert in 2018 for allegedly drugging Triple Crown winner Justify, praised him in 2020 for support of the Horseracing Integrity Act, & has slammed & damned him again since then. BALTIMORE, Maryland––Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s horse National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes […]
Lobbyists for dogfighting, cockfighting, & corruption prevail in Oklahoma
HB 1792 would drop felony penalty for dogfighting to a $500 fine OKLAHOMA CITY––“What’s next, lobby groups for dogfighters and drug lords?” Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle asked Oklahoman investigative reporter Ben Felder in early March 2023. Felder had just revealed that “The Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission, a political action committee, has donated more than […]
Can the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act save horse racing from itself?
Marty Irby leaves Animal Wellness Action on a high note, but horses are not drugged just to get them high WASHINGTON D.C.––Former Animal Wellness Action executive director Marty Irby on March 23, 2023 spoke in Oxford, Mississippi at the “Celebration of Life” for his friend and ally Clant Seay, founder of the Citizens Committee Against […]
“Cultural” defenses for charreada & cockfighting crumble
Two charreada promoters busted in Boone County, Illinois; Burmese cockfighting ring busted in Wells County, Indiana; Los Angeles close to banning bucking straps & prods GENEVA, Illinois––Suspecting persons involved in an October 23, 2022 charreada rodeo had been charged with cruelty, but previously unable to obtain the details, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness on November […]
Beagle breeder Envigo shortchanged shareholders too, lawsuit alleges
Wolf of law firm files class action against alleged “pump-&-dump” scheme CUMBERLAND, Virginia––Even as animal advocates celebrate the ongoing rescue of beagles from the soon-to-be-closed Envigo breeding kennels in Cumberland, Virginia, and the decision of Air France to get out of the monkey transport business, the most influential blow to animal use in biomedical research […]