Federal Legislation

The Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act—introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)—would require farmers and ranchers to have and implement a preexisting disaster preparedness plan in order to...

House of Representatives Preventing Future Pandemics Act (H.R. 151) Sponsors: Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL-05) and Representative Fred Upton (R-MI) Senate Preventing Future Pandemics Act (S. 37) Sponsors: Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator Cory Booker...

The Big Cat Public Safety Act is an urgently needed solution to the problem of big cats kept as pets in unsafe and abusive circumstances. Wild animals imprisoned in basements or backyards not only suffer...

Nonhuman primates (including apes, monkeys, lemurs, and lorises) are highly intelligent and typically social wild animals whose needs are irreconcilable with the realities of a captive life as pets.

The CECIL Act would greatly limit the ability of sport hunters to import trophies of imperiled species. Specifically, it would prohibit—absent a permit—trophy hunting imports of species that are proposed for listing as threatened or...

Every year the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program spends millions of taxpayer dollars on lethal predator control. A portion of the program’s substantial expenditures is dedicated to poisoning wildlife with two extremely dangerous...

The Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 would prohibit the slaughter of dogs and cats in the United States for human consumption. Background Although commercial sales of dog and cat meat are...

House of Representatives Farm System Reform Act (H.R. 4421) Sponsor: Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) Senate Farm System Reform Act (S. 2332) Sponsor: Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) Take Action The Farm System Reform Act was introduced...

Hauling horses in double-deck trailers is dangerous and inhumane. These trailers do not provide sufficient headroom for horses to stand upright. They often endure long journeys in cramped positions and suffer serious injuries.

Cosmetics testing on animals is inhumane, untrustworthy, not cost effective, and at odds with the laws and regulations of many countries throughout the world. The Humane Cosmetics Act would phase out animal-based testing for cosmetic...

Orcas do not belong in captivity. They are too socially complex, too intelligent, too long-lived and simply too large to thrive in confinement. On March 17, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced landmark legislation that would...

The Pet Safety and Protection Act would establish integrity in the provision of dogs and cats for research purposes.

Soring—which involves intentionally inflicting pain on a horse’s hooves and front limbs to produce an exaggerated high-stepping gait known as the Big Lick—remains a persistent and rampant practice in Tennessee Walking Horse competitions.

A survey conducted by the FWS revealed that more than half of all refuges allow trapping of wildlife. Trapping on the NWRS is allowed for predator control, facilities management, population management, recreation, commerce, and subsistence...

The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act would prohibit the slaughter of horses in the United States for human consumption, as well as the export of live horses for the same purpose.

Support the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (H.R. 1456), a bipartisan bill to prohibit the sale of shark fins in the United States

The Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA) would prohibit the use of exotic animals in traveling shows. This legislation has exemptions for accredited zoos, wildlife sanctuaries, certain films and ads, and rodeos...