Julie O'Connor

NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS ONLY! We have only 8 days left in the 2026 legislative session. Our bill to prohibit octopus farming has cleared all the committees, but now we need to convince the state Senate and Assembly leadership to bring it up for a floor vote in both houses before the end if session next week. Otherwise, we have to start the entire legislative process over in 2027. ☎️ HOW TO HELP: Make just three phone calls to leadership below! 🗣️SAY THIS: “Hello, my name is _____ and I’m a resident of _____, New York. I’m calling to urge you to bring the octopus farming ban bill S.7421A/ A.8043B to the a floor for a vote. Please help protect octopus from cruelty. Thank you.” 📞 WHO TO CALL: ▪️ Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins: 518-455-2585 or 518-455-2715 ▪️ Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791 ▪️ Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris: 518-455-3486 Please make these calls every day this week! Octopuses are counting on us. 🐙 @AndreaSCousins @sengianaris

They better not. We will have eyes on @ChuckGrassley and @SenJoniErnst

Great news: the Senate farm bill base text won't include the Save Our Bacon Act, which would wipe out state bans on pork from crated pigs. Senate Ag Chair John Boozman said it's too controversial to include. That's thanks to everyone who called and posted about this. But the fight's not over. Iowa's Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst will likely now try to add the SOB Act to the bill as a committee amendment. Keep the calls to your senators going: (202) 224-3121. Tell them: no farm bill with the Save Our Bacon Act in it. We can win this. Photo credit: WeAnimals.

The Trump administration has lifted the ban on cyanide bombs that kill animals. This action, carried out discreetly and quietly, was outrageous to those of us who know what this diabolical device does to animals. humaneaction.org/blog/2026/05/t…

You asked me to look into Marshall Farms in Wayne County, NY so I went there myself. The moment we started recording, security showed up to keep a watchful eye on us. Ridgland Farms was just the beginning. We won't stop until all dogs and cats are protected from invasive animal testing.

@faunalytics Of course!

A study reveals how negative experiences over time may create lasting behavioral scars in rhesus macaques used for research. faunalytics.org/lifetime-hards…

All New York State politicians of any party: shut down the Marshall labs facility in North Rose, NY, where hundreds and thousands of beagles are being tortured and killed. First #Ridglan and now #Marshall #AnimalCruelty Save the dogs. RT

China owns the big pork industry here in the United States. China also owns way too much land here in the United States. And guess what, they own our Republican politicians too. Hence, the “save our bacon act” pushed by @RepAshleyHinson It’s not about saving “bacon” it’s about allowing Chinese companies to smash pigs in gestational crates so they can save a few pennies.

Brutality toward pigs unites left and right.

Colorado just became the 9th state to ban the sale of puppies in pet stores! 🎉 This cuts off a major pipeline to cruel puppy mills and helps shift demand toward shelters and rescues. A big win for dogs—and for everyone who spoke up for them!

🇨🇦Sealers HAVE KILLED OVER 16,804 harp seal #pups. 🦭 #Pups WHO WERE "STRUCK & LOST WERE NOT COUNTED; THEY COULD NUMBER OVER 800.🦭 These are DEFENSELESS SEAL #pups 🦭WHO WERE BORN IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH. PLEASE🙏 HELP US END THIS ATROCITY: harpseals.org/how-to-help

🐺 Boebert's 𝐇.𝐑. 𝟖𝟒𝟓 to de-list wolves remains a ticking time💣bomb. It already passed the House and is in the Senate. Phone and email your Senators, telling them NOT TO DELIST Wolves and to kill bill 𝐇.𝐑. 𝟖𝟒𝟓.

Unfortunately Tomi @TomiLahren, you and many others were fooled. For a year I have been blowing the whistle with White Coat Waste @WhiteCoatWaste on the National Institutes of Health’s @NIH continued funding of beagle tests with our taxpayer money. RFK Jr @SecKennedy was lied to by NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya @DrJBhattacharya and Fauci fan girl and PETA's favorite liberal, Obama holdover Nicole Kleinstreuer, and sadly everyone ate it up with a spoon. @PETA even sent NIH flowers when they knew NIH was still funding beagle and kitten torture. Nicole and Jay said beagle torture predated them and that they ended it. Turns out, it was all a big lie.

President Trump's proposed budget sets the stage for the killing of tens of thousands of wild horses and burros or selling them to “kill buyers” for slaughter. Congress stopped this last year, and we are urging lawmakers once again to protect these amazing animals. humaneaction.org/blog/2026/04/p…

🦆 Governor Kathy Hochul and NYS Attorney General Tish James have once again betrayed New York’s animals — and every New Yorker who fought to protect them. Hochul is appealing the Appellate Division’s recent unanimous ruling to enforce New York City’s foie gras sales ban, throwing her weight behind an industry that tortures birds for profit. She is intentionally delaying implementation of NYC’s foie gras sales ban by months, or even years. Force-feeding animals until their organs fail. That’s what she’s defending. That’s what she’s decided is worth spending her political power and tax-payer money on. It’s a disgrace. The New York City Council, VFAR, and 50+ organizations fought hard for this ban. Voters overwhelmingly support it. The courts upheld it. And now the Governor is trying to rip it away because she is beholden to foie gras producers at two factory farms in the state. Governor Hochul: Every animal lover, every activist, every person who believes in basic decency — we are watching you. See you in court, @GovKathyHochul @NewYorkStateAG . Duck yeah. 🦆

Thousands are calling for the Grand National to be ended after more horses died at Aintree. “Every year, horses are pushed to their physical limits over extreme distances and dangerous obstacles," says Kim Macdonald, who has started a petition calling on organisers to rethink the risks horses face at Aintree, and to prioritise their welfare. "Despite safety improvements, injuries and fatalities still occur. These animals do not choose to participate, yet they bear the risks for the sake of entertainment and profit.” x.com/ukchange/statu…

📣 🏙️ The Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants is listening and they need to hear from animal guardians like YOU. NYC residents with companion animals are being shut out of housing. Landlords are imposing outrageous pet deposits, excessive fines or fees, and flat-out bans on animals — while affordable housing disappears. Families are being torn apart. Companion animals are being surrendered to shelters. And it has to stop. This is your chance to speak directly to the people who can change the law. 👇 Have you been denied an apartment because of your pet? Hit with unfair fees or deposits? Forced to give up an animal you loved just to keep a roof over your head? Your story matters and it can make a real difference. Thank you @ceaweaver! ⏰ Don't wait. Submit your testimony NOW: buff.ly/Sdi6d6i

Resurfaced footage show Hasan Piker abusing his dog, pulling his tail and yelling, “If you run right now I’ll f**king kiII you.”

MILO IS MISSING IN CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ. Last seen at Olympia Ave and Edgewater Rd, he's 5 pounds and chipped: 985141009927665. If you've seen or found him please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT MILO!

Iceland Fashion Week has officially announced its fur-ban, prohibiting its designers from using fur in its future shows. This decision, which has also been implemented following New York and Poland Fashion Weeks fur ban, reinforces that fashion doesn’t have to be at the expense of animal welfare. “Material innovation such as bio-based animal-free fur alternatives, are paving the way for a fur-free future of creativity and beauty without animal suffering,” says @humaneworldorg. Read More: humaneworld.org/en/news/icelan…