Animal welfare protesters converge on Wisconsin gov’s office seeking beagles’ release

MADISON, Wis. — Animal welfare activists converged outside of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ Capitol office on Monday, chanting “Free the dogs!” and demanding that the governor and attorney general do what they can to shut down a beagle breeding and research facility where many of the protesters clashed with police two days earlier. An estimated … Read more

Inside Pam Bondi’s aggressive push to crack down on animal cruelty crimes

In early 2026, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Justice Department took an unusually rapid approach to animal welfare enforcement, as part of her push to use the criminal justice system to crack down on animal cruelty. Around New Year’s Eve, Bondi received a voicemail and a text from her friend Lauree Simmons, the founder of the … Read more

GOP targets transgender animal testing in defund demand to NIH

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A group of Republican lawmakers are pushing to block federal funding for transgender experiments on animals in the fiscal year 2027 spending bill.  A letter spearheaded by Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., and backed by GOP Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and more than a … Read more

‘Deeply disturbing’ animal cruelty operation involving baby monkeys busted by ICE investigation

Trump Cabinet teams up to end animal abuse Attorney General Pam Bondi, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discuss why animal cruelty is so important to end on ‘My View with Lara Trump.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigation in … Read more

L.A. man who gave alcohol to hawk sentenced for animal cruelty

A Los Angeles man was sentenced to 45 days in jail and a year of probation after video showed him giving a protected juvenile hawk a sip of alcohol at a park. L.A. city resident Cesar Gustavo Diaz, 25, was sentenced by a judge on Thursday after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of … Read more