Beagles bark, money talks, & the two Waynes whose work achieved the deal––Hsiung & Pacelle ––are left chained to the doghouse BLUE MOUNDS, Wisconsin––The decade-long campaign to close the Ridglan Farms beagles-for-research breeding facility begun by Direct Action Everywhere founder and Simple Heart blogger Wayne Hsiung in 2017 can now be called a victory, at […]
Ridglan Farms beagle purchase: smokescreen for Farm Bill disaster
1,500 beagles win; 76 million pigs lose. WASHINGTON D.C.; MIDDLETON, Wisconsin––Even as the U.S. House of Representatives on the morning of April 30, 2026 passed the 2026 Farm Bill, by a vote of 224-200, which if also passed by the U.S. Senate would erase Wayne Pacelle’s signature political achievements on behalf of 76 million farmed […]
Bondi promises federal prosecutors; Hochul protects horseshoe crabs
Can U.S. attorney general Bondi actually deliver? Can horseshoe crabs recover? NEW YORK, N.Y.––Which will help more animals, a December 20, 2025 promise by U.S. attorney general Pam Bondi on the Fox Network television show My View with Lara Trump to appoint federal prosecutors for Animal Welfare Act cases, not yet backed by money […]
New Florida “Pam Rock Act” might not have saved pit bull victim Pam Rock
“Breed-neutral” new law perpetuates “one free bite” loophole TALLAHASSEE, Florida––Florida governor Ron DeSantis on May 21, 2025 signed into law the “Pam Rock Act,” authored by Republican state representatives Bobby Payne and Mike Beltran. Named for 2022 pit bull victim Pamela Jane Rock, the “Pam Rock Act” is meant to undo some of the damage […]
Hope for animals under Trump 2.0 means fight to keep past gains
Cuts to either farm subsidies or animal testing are unlikely WASHINGTON D.C.––Donald Trump, as of January 20, 2025, is back in the U.S. White House, bringing with him a 25-count legacy of having been the worst U.S. President for animals ever during his first presidency, 2017-2021. Since that 25-count “indictment” has already been widely amplified […]
Lara Trump’s theme: bash China, boost Donald, in the name of dog rescue
Donald Trump hotel gets 45% cut of expected take from Big Dog Ranch Rescue fundraiser for dogs to be brought from China PALM BEACH, Florida––Does anyone really believe former U.S. president Donald Trump just happened to show up at a fundraiser for Big Dog Ranch Rescue, organized by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, held in his […]
Trump allies in the animal world squirm after U.S. Capitol storming
From “Joe Exotic” to Wayne Pacelle WASHINGTON D.C.––Soon-to-be-former U.S. President Donald Trump and his die-hard defenders who are now facing criminal charges for storming the U.S. National Capitol building on January 6, 2021 were scarcely the only big losers from the events of the day. Former U.S. Air Force security dog handler Ashli Babbitt, […]
Congress rejects immediate repeal of dog breed bans in military housing
U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, & U.S. Air Force bans on pit bulls, Rottweilers, & wolf hybrids stand, at least until uniform military policy is adopted WASHINGTON D.C.––The first U.S. Senate action of the New Year, on the morning of January 1, 2021, quietly affirmed for at least 90 days and perhaps indefinitely the […]
Trump administration obliges airlines to carry “service” pit bulls
But only pit bulls who “fit within handler’s foot space on the aircraft” WASHINGTON D.C.––Elaine Lan Chao, U.S. Secretary of Transportation throughout the Donald Trump presidential administration and almost certain to soon leave office, on November 30, 2020 introduced a revised Air Carrier Access Act regulation on the transportation of service animals by air […]