Katherine Heigl, Wild Horse Protection Leaders Announce “Wild Horse and Burro Freedom Rally” to Save Iconic Onaqui Herd in Utah
June 17, 2021 13:08 ET | Animal Wellness Action
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, June 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, actress Katherine Heigl, joined by Animal Wellness Action, Center for a Humane Economy, the Jason Debus Heigl Foundation, Wild Horse...
More than 1,200 Groups, Business, and Individuals Call on President Biden to Impose Immediate Moratorium on BLM’s Mass Roundups of Wild Horses and Burros
May 28, 2021 10:34 ET | Animal Wellness Action
Washington, D.C., May 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A diverse coalition of more than 90 groups and 1,100 individuals joined together this week in a letter calling on President Joe Biden to impose an...
Katherine Heigl Joins the Fight to Save Onaqui Wild Horses from Mass Round Up and Removal by Department of the Interior
May 27, 2021 13:41 ET | Animal Wellness Action
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, May 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Salt Lake City, Utah – Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, the Center for a Humane Economy and actress Katherine Heigl are...
Buchanan, Luria, Mace, Sherrill, and Boyle Introduce FDA Modernization Act to End Mandatory Animal Testing, Lower Drug Prices
April 20, 2021 11:15 ET | Animal Wellness Action
Washington, D.C., April 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, the Michelson Center for Public Policy, and other affiliated organizations...
50 Horse Deaths at U.S. Tracks in 2021 Underscore Need for Further Reforms in Horseracing
March 09, 2021 07:29 ET | Animal Wellness Action
New York, New York, March 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Racehorses continue to die on American tracks with alarming frequency, reminding the industry and the American public that the Horseracing...
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act to Ban Doping Signed Into Law
December 22, 2020 12:01 ET | Animal Wellness Action
Washington, D.C., Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Washington, D.C. – In the biggest gain for animal welfare in 2020, and in the $900 billion year-end spending bill, President Donald J. Trump...
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act Included in Federal Year-End Spending Package
December 21, 2020 13:31 ET | Animal Wellness Action
Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the biggest gain for animal welfare in 2020 and in the $900 billion year-end spending bill just-released, that's expected to be signed into law...
Animal Wellness Action Executive Director Marty Irby Named one of The Hill’s Top Lobbyists for 2020
December 10, 2020 15:52 ET | Animal Wellness Action
Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, one of Washington D.C.’s major political daily publications, The Hill, released its annual list of honored Top Lobbyists of 2019 and...
House Votes to Ban Trade in Big Cats as Pets and as Props For Roadside Zoos
December 03, 2020 22:26 ET | Animal Wellness Action
Washington, D.C., Dec. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act tonight by a vote of 272 to 114, eight months after the...
U.S. House Passes Anti-Doping Bill to Reform American Horse Racing
September 29, 2020 14:30 ET | Animal Wellness Action
WASHINGTON, D.C, Sept. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1754, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, led by U.S. Reps. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., and Andy...