The U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently bans the presence of 379 common equine drugs in animals slaughtered for human consumption. However, there is no procedure in place to ensure that American horses, sold to slaughterhouses and killed for human consumption, are free of these FDA-banned substances.
The Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, H.R. 366 and S. 666, will better protect our communities from the cruelty and violence of animal fighting and its associated crimes by extending the law to include those who are a driving force behind these criminal operations: the spectators.
The Animal Welfare Institute’s Board of Directors has carefully considered the pending legislation entitled the “Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013.”
To protect animal and human health by combating the excessive use of antibiotics in agriculture, the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) was introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and in the Senate by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).
H. Res. 208, introduced by Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), expresses Congress’s opposition to the use of gas chambers for euthanizing shelter animals and encourages those states that have not already done so to require euthanasia by injection (EBI). EBI is far more humane for the animals, safer for shelter personnel, and less costly.
