ANIMAL WELLNESS FOUNDATION
PO BOX 9686, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292 www.animalwellnessfoundation.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: ANIMAL WELLNESS FOUNDATION BEGAN OPERATIONS FOCUSED MAINLY ON THE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION OF COMPANION ANIMALS. WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR WORK TO ADVANCE A RANGE OF ANIMAL PROTECTION PRIORITIES, BUT THE CARE OF COMPANION ANIMALS HAS REMAINED AT OUR CORE.

OUR TEAM AT ANIMAL WELLNESS FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO SAVE LIVES, PULLING DOGS AND CATS FROM ABUSIVE AND NEGLECTFUL ENVIRONMENTS, EITHER FROM LOS ANGELES AREA ANIMAL SHELTERS, FROM INDIVIDUALS SURRENDERING OWNED OR FOUND ANIMALS, OR FROM ANIMALS ROAMING THE STREETS. WE PROVIDE SOCIALIZATION AND EVERY DAY CARE TO EACH ANIMAL, DELIVER STATE-OF-THE-ART MEDICAL CARE, AND PLACE THEM INTO LOVING FOREVER HOMES. FROM EXTREMELY NEGLECTFUL HOARDING ENVIRONMENTS, TO INJURED AND LOST DOGS ALONG CITY HIGHWAYS, TO VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS, OUR TEAM CONTINUES TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND REHOME. AS THE RESCUE MISSION GROWS, SO DO OUR NETWORK OF FOSTERS, VOLUNTEERS AND ADOPTERS BRINGING OUR RESCUE AND ADOPTION NUMBERS INTO THE THOUSANDS. - OUR AWF VETERINARIANS WORK HARD TO TREAT THE MEDICAL CONDITIONS OF INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS UNDER OUR CARE, BUT WE ALSO HELP KEEP ANIMALS IN LOVING HOMES. MANY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LOVE THEIR COMPANIONS, BUT LACK THE ABILITY TO AFFORD VETERINARY CARE. FAILURE TO PROVIDE VETERINARY MEDICAL CARE IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON ANIMALS ARE RELINQUISHED AND ABANDONED. AWF SUBSIDIZES VETERINARY CARE FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. WE PROVIDE PREVENTATIVE CARE SUCH AS VACCINES, FLEA MEDICATIONS, SPRAYS, NEUTERS, ETC. WE ALSO HELP TREAT THE INJURED AND ILL. BY KEEPING ANIMALS IN LOVING HOMES WE ARE PREVENTING THE OVERCROWDING AND UNNECESSARY EUTHANASIA OF PETS IN SHELTERS, AND CREATE STRONGER HUMAN-ANIMAL BONDS FOR ALL FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING CHILDREN. KEEPING ANIMALS IN THEIR CURRENT HOMES THROUGH LOW-INCOME ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION MAY BE A MORE HUMANE AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE PURSUIT TO END CONVENIENCE EUTHANASIAS. - AWF IS WORKING TO ENFORE OUR LAWS AGAINST ANIMAL FIGHTING AND TIGHTENING THE LAWS WHERE NEEDED SO THAT ANIMAL FIGHTING DOES NOT CONTINUE AND CAUSE SUFFERING TO ROOSTERS AND DOGS CONSCRIPTED INTO THESE BLOODY BATTLES. - ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION (AWA) CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY IN PROMOTING ENFORCEMENT OF THE PARITY IN ANIMAL CRUELTY ENFORCEMENT ACT IN 2018, A MEASURE WE WORKED TO ENACT THAT BANS ANIMAL FIGHTING EVERYWHERE IN THE U.S. INCLUDING THE TERRITORIES. - THE KEY MANEUVER WAS AN INVESTIGATION INVOLVING A REVIEW OF NEARLY 2,500 LIVE-ANIMAL SHIPPING RECORDS FOR A THREE-YEAR PERIOD, REVEALING 60 EXPORTERS FROM THE U.S. MAINLAND AND 137 IMPORTERS ON GUAM, WITH 9,000 FIGHTING BIRDS SOLD ONTO THE ISLAND. USING THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY VIOLATED A LONG-STANDING U.S. LAW FORBIDDING INTERSTATE SALES, WE HAVE TARGETED THE "WHO'S WHO" OF COCKFIGHTING IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATIONS IN 2020 INTO SHIPPERS FROM ALABAMA, CALIFORNIA, HAWAII, KENTUCKY, NORTH CAROLINA, OKLAHOMA, AND TENNESSEE. INFORMATION ON THESE INVESTIGATIONS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.ENDCOCKFIGHTING.ORG. - ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2020, THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF GUAM REJECTED A CLAIM FROM THE COCKFIGHTERS TO INVALIDATE THE LAW, AND AWF PARTICIPATED IN AN AMICUS CAPACITY. WE HAVE DONE THE SAME IN A CASE IN PUERTO RICO, WHERE A U.S. DISTRICT COURT AND THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT HAVE SIDED IN FAVOR OF THE UNITED STATES AND WITH OUR LEGAL VIEW. IN THE COMMONWEALTH, WE ARE CAMPAIGNING TO SHUT DOWN THE MAJOR PITS BUT FACING RESISTANCE FROM TOP POLITICIANS THERE WHO ARE DEFYING THE LAW. - OUR REWARDS PROGRAM HAS YIELDED HUNDREDS OF TIPS OF ILLEGAL FIGHTING. ANIMAL WELLNESS FOUNDATION (AWF) HAS CREATED A DEDICATED WEBSITE, WWW.ENDCOCKFIGHTING.ORG, THAT IS A COMPENDIUM OF INFORMATION ON THE ISSUE AND A RESOURCE FOR THE MEDIA, ADVOCATES, ACADEMICS, PROSECUTORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND OTHERS. WE ALSO COMMISSIONED A MAJOR ACADEMIC STUDY OF COCKFIGHTING IN PUERTO RICO, AND WAYNE PACELLE'S PEER-REVIEWED PAPER ON THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF ANIMAL FIGHTING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE SOCIETY & ANIMALS JOURNAL. WE WORKED WITH ALLIES IN CONGRESS TO INTRODUCE THE ANIMAL CRUELTY ENFORCEMENT ACT TO CREATE AN ANIMAL CRUELTY CRIMES SECTION AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO ALLOW FOR MORE ACTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF OUR FEDERAL LAWS AGAINST ANIMAL FIGHTING AND OTHER FORMS OF MALICIOUS ABUSE. - IN THE 2020 AGRICULTURE SPENDING BILL, WE SECURED AN ADDITIONAL $500,000 FOR ANIMAL FIGHTING ENFORCEMENT FOR THE USDA'S OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. WE ALSO SECURED LANGUAGE IN THE SPENDING BILL DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO FOCUS ON ANTI-CRUELTY ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING OUR LAWS AGAINST ANIMAL FIGHTING. - OUR ANIMAL WELLNESS NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT COUNCIL URGES PROSECUTORS TO BRING CASES FORWARD WHERE THERE ARE OBVIOUS VIOLATIONS OF LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAWS. OUR ANIMAL WELLNESS NLEC CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 25 LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING 15 FORMER STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS. NLEC MEMBERS, LED BY FORMER OKLAHOMA ATTORNEY GENERAL DREW EDMONDSON, ARE COMMUNICATING WITH U.S. ATTORNEYS IN GUAM, OKLAHOMA, ALABAMA, AND OTHER STATES TO BRING CHARGES AGAINST DOZENS OF INDIVIDUALS KNOWINGLY VIOLATING THE LAW. - WE HAVE A NATIONAL REWARDS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE $2,500 TO CITIZENS WHO REPORT ON ILLEGAL ANIMAL FIGHTING ACTIVITIES AND WHOSE TIPS RESULT IN SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS. COCKFIGHTING IS INHUMANE AND IT'S ILLEGAL EVERYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING GUAM. IT'S ALSO A HAVEN FOR GAMBLING, WHICH CAN HURT OUR FAMILIES. WHEN WE PARTICIPATE IN THIS KIND OF ANIMAL ABUSE, OR EVEN WATCH IT, IT DESENSITIZES ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, TO THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS. - THERE ARE NO MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT TAKE ON THE ARRAY OF INSTITUTIONAL FORMS OF CRUELTY TO HORSES. AWF IS CENTRALLY INVOLVED IN THIS WORK, WITH THREE SUB-CAMPAIGNS. - AWF HAS NEGOTIATED A COMPROMISE MEASURE WITH THE INDUSTRY TO BAN ACTION DEVICES AND TAIL BRACES, TO REDUCE THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THE SHOE COMPLEX BY MORE THAN HALF, TO ELIMINATE AN INDUSTRY SELF- REGULATION PROGRAM, AND TO ESTABLISH FELONY-LEVEL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATORS. - SORING IS A PAINFUL TECHNIQUE USED TO PRODUCE AN ARTIFICIALLY HIGH- STEPPING GAIT KNOWN AS THE "BIG LICK" IN TENNESSEE WALKING, RACKING, AND SPOTTED SADDLE HORSES. SHARP OBJECTS ARE INSERTED INTO THE HORSES' FRONT HOOVES OR CAUSTIC CHEMICALS SUCH AS MUSTARD OIL OR DIESEL FUEL ARE APPLIED TO THEIR PASTERNS. THE HORSE PROTECTION ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN 1970 TO STAMP OUT THE PRACTICE, BUT UNETHICAL TRAINERS AND OWNERS CONTINUE TO DEFY THE LAW. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) HAS NOT HAD THE RESOLVE TO STOP THEM AND CONDUCTED VERY FEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS DURING THE LAST FOUR YEARS. - WE ARE WORKING TO SECURE BROAD ACCEPTANCE OF THAT COMPROMISE. IN 2020, WE DOUBLED FUNDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE FEDERAL HORSE PROTECTION ACT - FROM $1 MILLION TO $2 MILLION. - AWF WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING FOR THE ENACTMENT OF THE HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY ACT, WORKING ON A COMPROMISE WITH KEY PLAYERS IN THE INDUSTRY AND SEEING THAT MEASURE SIGNED INTO LAW AT THE VERY END OF 2020. IT IS THE FIRST FEDERAL HORSE PROTECTION MEASURE TO BE ENACTED IN THE CONGRESS IN 50 YEARS. - WE ARE NOW WORKING ON ENFORCEMENT OF ANTI-DOPING STANDARDS AND WE ARE LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN TO BAN THE USE OF THE WHIP IN RACING. - IN JULY, WE LED THE WAY IN LOBBYING FOR THE PASSAGE OF A U.S. HOUSE AMENDMENT REQUIRING THE BLM TO DEVOTE A MINIMUM OF $11 MILLION TO FERTILITY CONTROL FOR WILD HORSES AND BURROS ON THE RANGE. PRIOR TO THAT, WE'VE WORKED WITH LAWMAKERS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE WHO ARE OBJECTING TO THE BLM'S PLANS AND TO CONGRESSIONAL EFFORTS TO DIRECT BLM TO CONDUCT MASS ROUNDUPS. THIS INCLUDES THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE. WE ARE ALIGNED WITH DOZENS OF WILD HORSE GROUPS AND ARE PART OF A MAJOR COALITION MAKING OUR ARGUMENTS PUBLICLY, WHILE THE ANIMAL PROTECTION GROUPS FAVORING MASS ROUNDUPS ARE MUTED BECAUSE OF THE SHEER UNPOPULARITY OF THEIR POSITIONS. OUR GOAL IS TO REDUCE ROUND- UPS AND KEEP WILD HORSES AND BURROS ON THE RANGE. - AWF IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO END GREYHOUND RACING IN THE UNITED STATES, BUILDING ON ITS EFFORTS IN 2018 AND 2019 TO SHUT DOWN TRACKS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. IN JULY 2020, WITH GREY2K USA, WE LED THE EFFORT TO INTRODUCE THE GREYHOUND PROTECTION ACT IN THE HOUSE. THIS IS THE FIRST ANTI-GREYHOUND LEGISLATION EVER INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS, AND IT WILL BE REINTRODUCED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2021. - GREYHOUNDS GET INJURED OR DIE AT THE TRACKS THEY CONTINUE TO STREAK AROUND THE FEW OVALS WHERE THIS SPECTATOR SPORT CONTINUES. THE ANIMALS AT THESE TRACKS TYPICALLY ENDURE CONFINEMENT FOR 20-23 HOURS A DAY, AND TRAINERS ARE KNOWN TO ADMINISTER PERFORMANCE- ENHANCERS AND OTHER DRUGS TO THEM. GREYHOUND RACING HAS BEEN IN A DEATH SPIRAL FOR YEARS. TWENTY YEARS AGO, THERE WERE 60 TRACKS IN THE U.S.; BY 2020, THERE WILL BE NO MORE THAN SIX. STATE GOVERNMENTS SHOULD NOT BE SUBSIDIZING OR REQUIRING RACING, AND NO PRIVATE BUSINESS SHOULD BE INVOLVED WITH THIS KIND OF INHUMANE ENTERPRISE. - WITH OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, WE LAUNCHED THE KANGAROOS ARE NOT SHOES CAMPAIGN TO SECURE CORPORATE PLEDGES FROM NIKE AND OTHER ATHLETIC SHOE COMPANIES TO STOP SOURCING KANGAROO PARTS FOR THEIR SHOES, ENFORCE CALIFORNIA'S BAN ON THE TRADE I

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