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Federal Law Takes Effect Today, Banning Cockfighting Everywhere In The U.S., Including The Territories
More than 100 arenas must be shuttered, but some cockfighters are threatening to defy the rule of law It’s been an extraordinarily eventful period in the

Listen Up! The Political Animal Podcast: Episode 3: Animal Fighting Law Takes Effect in U.S. Territories
The people of Guam and Puerto Rico are increasingly speaking up against cockfighting in their territories, as the new federal law banning animal fighting everywhere in

Congress And President Say Cruelty Is Abhorrent, Illegal
It’s Their Capacity to Suffer, and Their Value to Us, That Warrants Proscriptions Against Abuse It was a fitting juxtaposition. At the White House today, President

Ballot Measures Again Prove To Be The Most Effective Weapon Against Systemic Animal Cruelty
Overshadowed by the national news about the very consequential national election of November 6th was the take-away that animal advocates decisively won two far-reaching ballot measures

PACT Act is Latest in a Series Of Measures Approved by Congress to Remake the Legal Framework Against Intentional Violence Against Animals
Animal Wellness Action is also Working to Fund and Promote Enforcement Five years after a small group of serious-minded Republican and Democrat lawmakers first introduced the

Federal Court Ruling in Puerto Rico Shuts the Door on Legal Cockfighting in the United States
It’s now a matter of enforcement. In issuing an order yesterday that rejected the claims of cockfighting clubs to invalidate a portion of our national anti-animal fighting law,