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The ruling reinforces a key legal principle: States have the right to set standards for products sold within their borders. California’s laws have helped drive a major industry shift, with nearly half of U.S. egg production now cage-free.

The new FDA guidance promotes New Approach Methodologies (NAMs), including computational models, human cell systems, and organ-on-chip technologies, and shifts away from decades of reliance on animal testing.

A new, dangerous bill would block the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Forest Service from restricting toxic lead ammunition on roughly 600 million acres of federal land. Stop this reckless bill.

Bear baiting—where hunters draw animals to food piles before killing them—is widely criticized as unsporting and reckless, raising concerns about both animal welfare and ecosystem management.

🚨 The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture has approved the Greyhound Protection Act as an amendment to the Farm Bill. The measure would finally end commercial greyhound racing nationwide and prohibit wagering and simulcasting tied to dog tracks.

Cody Roberts may now escape prison entirely under a plea agreement filed in Sublette County. Prosecutors and defense agreed to probation instead of jail. The deal calls for a tiny $1,000 fine, no hunting, fishing, or alcohol during probation, and no mandatory time behind bars.

Critics of the House Farm Bill draft argue that targeting state animal welfare laws — including those ending extreme confinement systems like gestation crates — is not a serious or broadly supported offering for a comprehensive Farm Bill.

As the trial date nears, the defense for Cody Roberts is seeking to exclude specific testimony about the wolf being chased by snowmobile or restrained with tape, saying those alleged acts occurred before the conduct prosecutors are addressing in court.

We’re urging lawmakers to include a comprehensive ban on live equine exports for slaughter in the upcoming Farm Bill, closing a loophole that allows healthy horses to be shipped overseas for a gruesome fate.

Investigators recently documented thousands of fighting birds trafficked from the U.S. to massive international cockfighting events—including the World Slasher Cup in the Philippines, where hundreds of birds die in staged fights.

Nobody should use bullets that keep killing long after being discharged from a firearm. But that’s exactly what happens when hunters load lead rounds into their shotguns and rifles, take aim at their quarry, and scatter lead throughout the community....

Federal courts—including the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023—have already affirmed states’ authority to set humane standards for animal products sold within their borders. The U.S. egg industry itself supports cage-free laws in Michigan and California, citing consumer demand.

⚠️ Extreme cold is deadly for animals—especially those left outdoors. Animals don’t die from snow—they die from wind chill and lack of calories,” said Jim Keen, DVM, PhD.

Cody Roberts is trying to have the charges thrown out—claiming Wyoming’s predator laws give him legal cover. The court fight now centers on a critical question: Does Wyoming law really permit cruelty once an animal is already captured?

🚨 Louisiana tries to bring back cockfighting? A cockfighting advocate in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, openly admitted he’s already rented a public facility for fights — despite cockfighting being a state and federal felony tied to gambling, drugs, and violence.

Massive shifts in biomedical science are underway. Our work to pass the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 has triggered what advocates are calling a Berlin Wall moment in animal testing — breaking down a system that relied on animals and replacing it with 21st-century science.

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In just five years, the Kangaroos Are Not Shoes campaign convinced every major athletic footwear company to walk away from a trade that drove the killing of 2 million kangaroos a year. This proves something powerful: Cruelty isn’t required for performance. Innovation wins

Mink farming isn’t just cruel, it’s reckless. These farms fueled COVID-19 outbreaks in at least 13 countries, and mink are one of the only animals besides humans that can transmit the virus both ways. #EndFurFarming #HumaneEconomy #PublicHealthMatters

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