But Trump administration & politicians with feet in the pork barrel continue nine years of effort to overturn California Proposition 12 & Massachusetts Question 3 BOSTON, Massachusetts––A sports team losing 20 consecutive decisions usually fires the manager. The pig production company Triumph Foods, among the most misnamed plaintiffs in recent legal history, along with the […]
The animal backgrounds of Trump cabinet nominees Rollins, Bondi, & McMahon
The Donald Trump cabinet appointee who should have animal history mostly does not WASHINGTON D.C.––Brooke Rollins, Pam Bondi, and Linda McMahon, among U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s latest cabinet nominees, bring to their nominations highly varied records pertaining to animals. Brooke Rollins, Trump’s prospective Secretary of Agriculture, if confirmed would become responsible for Animal Welfare […]
New Horse Protection Act regs: 270 days & election from enforcement
Stronger new Horse Protection Act rules will not take effect until after the 2024 show season; could be killed, again, if Donald Trump returns to the White House WASHINGTON D.C.––New Horse Protection Act regulations introduced on April 29, 2024, but not to be enforced until February 1, 2025, may at last end soring the legs […]
EATS Act: beware of zombie stealth attack on U.S. farmed animals
Promising abolition of live exports, King Charles III of U.K. demonstrates why EATS would be the shits for poultry, pigs, & cattle LONDON, U.K.; WASHINGTON D.C.––Kings of England, Scotland, and Wales have not had a say in the passage of United States legislation since 1776, when the Thirteen Colonies and Vermont gave the British […]
Dianne Feinstein, 90, represented animals in the U.S. Senate for 30 years
Feinstein discovered animal issues after move from San Francisco politics to Washington D.C. WASHINGTON D.C., SAN FRANCISCO, California––U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, who died on September 29, 2023 in Washington D.C., might have been more involved with animal issues than any other member of Congress, from her election to the Senate in 1992 until her […]
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, […]
Golden Gate Fields closure: horse racing cannibalizing itself
Golden Gates Field site is now worth half the total income of the horse racing industry BERKELEY, California––Thoroughbred horse racing at the 82-year-old Golden Gate Fields raceway is to end on December 18, 2023, announced the Stronach Group, owners of the track since 2011. The announcement marks a new phase in the ongoing death spiral […]
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 […]
Necropsies dominate the 2023 Kentucky Derby post-mortems
15-to-1 longshot winner Mage is barely noticed amid seven horse deaths LOUISVILLE, Kentucky––Kentucky Derby post-mortems began in 2023 ten days before the 20-horse field walked to the starting gate, but they were called “necropsies.” The more familiar term “autopsy” is used only when the deceased is human. The upset victory by Mage, a horse with […]
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 […]