Egg industry fighting efforts to increase cage sizes

Even before the recent salmonella outbreak, the nation’s egg industry was struggling to fend off another threat: allegations that it was cruel to chickens…

White House imposes new freeze on drilling until oil industry ‘raises the bar on its practices’

The Obama administration imposed a new moratorium on deep water oil drilling Monday. “I am basing my decision on evidence that grows every day of the industry’s inability in the deepwater to contain a catastrophic blowout, respond to an oil spill, and to operate safely,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement…

Charges considered in deaths of 83 wild horses

A Nevada district attorney is considering whether to file criminal charges against federal land managers who are accused by animal rights activists of mistreating wild horses in a roundup…

Judge Tosses Challenge to Wild Horse Roundup

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., dismissed the last remnants of a lawsuit challenging the government’s roundup last winter of 2,000 wild horses in western Nevada…

Federal Appeals Court Rejects Preemption Claim Against California “Downed Animal” Law: A Victory for Animal Rights?

Last month, in National Meat Association v. Brown, a decision lauded by “animal-rights groups,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s decision preliminarily enjoining enforcement of California Penal Code §599f (the “downed animal law”)…

Supreme Court voids law aimed at banning animal cruelty videos

The Supreme Court struck down a federal law Tuesday aimed at banning videos depicting graphic violence against animals, saying that it violates the constitutional right to free speech…

Federal Lawsuit Seeks Return of 1800 Captured Calico Horses to Nevada Range

In a final brief filed today, wild horse advocates are asking a federal court to order the government to return to the Nevada range approximately 1800 wild horses who, after being rounded up earlier this year, await their fate at government holding pens located approximately 200 miles from their home range in Nevada’s Calico Mountain [...]

Legislators spike bills on cockfighting

Resolutions that would have expressly stated the Legislature’s support for cockfighting as a cultural activity are likely dead after lawmakers shelved both measures on the House floor…

Power to End Abuse of Sick Pigs and Protect America’s Health Lies in President Obama’s Hands

Today, on the one year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s federal ban on sick and injured cattle entering the U.S. food supply, Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, will hand-deliver a petition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) signed by over 15,000 individuals urging the President to act quickly and extend [...]

Judge rules in favor of circus in lawsuit over treatment of Asian elephants

A federal judge sided with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in a legal fight in which animal rights activists accused the circus of abusing its Asian elephants…