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4 federal animal-welfare fights

What we're fighting for at the federal level.

Each fight below is a real bill, agency action, or funding stream with named officials in named seats. Find your two US Senators and your House rep — then call.

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Fight #1Passed House (Farm Bill rider, 2026); pending Senate; broadly expected to fail in Senate but vote not yet scheduled

Farm Bill / EATS / Save Our Bacon

sweeping preemption push, riding on the 2026 Farm Bill, that would void state animal-welfare laws (CA Prop 12, MA Q3, dozens of others) by barring states from regulating agricultural products produced in other states. The "EATS Act" and "Save Our Bacon Act" are the named vehicles; both attach as Farm Bill riders.

The ask

Vote NO on the Farm Bill if it contains EATS / Save Our Bacon preemption language. Co-sponsor stand-alone repeal if it returns next session.

Stakes

Would gut Prop 12 (CA) gestation-crate + cage-free standards, MA Q3, and a generation of state laws covering puppy mills, foie gras, fur, horse slaughter, and dozens of welfare baselines. The single largest rollback of state animal-welfare authority in US history if enacted.

Every state·Senate-priority·34 public stances
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Fight #2Active — HHS Sec. Kennedy + NIH Dir. Bhattacharya have signaled openness to animal-testing reduction; Rep. Langworthy (NY-23) sent the first formal funding-cut letter Apr 24, 2026

NIH research-animal funding pipeline → Ridglan + Marshall

federal grants underwrite research that sources dogs from Ridglan Farms (Blue Mounds, WI) and Marshall BioResources (North Rose, NY). Cutting the funding stream is the federal lever on facilities that state regulators reach unevenly (USDA Class R registrants are largely outside state authority).

The ask

Sign or publicly co-sign the Langworthy letter; press HHS for an NIH grant moratorium on Class A dealers with active AWA citations.

Stakes

The most direct federal lever on Ridglan (WI) and Marshall BioResources (NY) absent state action — and the only lever that reaches Class R university research labs.

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Fight #3Existing state + city law; preemption pending in Senate via Save Our Bacon (Sec. 12006 of H.R. 7567)

State foie gras bans — defending the wins

California's foie gras production + sale ban (Health & Safety Code §§ 25980–25984, signed 2004 by Schwarzenegger, took effect 2012; CA's only foie gras farm closed) and NYC's 2019 foie gras ban (upheld by NY Appellate Division on March 12, 2026) would both be voided if Save Our Bacon clears the Senate. The fight to defend them is the same fight as Save Our Bacon — same vote, different lens.

The ask

Defend state authority over foie gras production and sale. Vote NO on Save Our Bacon / any Farm Bill containing preemption.

Stakes

CA's foie gras farm has stayed closed for 14 years because of state law. NYC just won a 2026 appellate ruling reopening enforcement. Federal preemption would erase both.

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Fight #4Existing state + city law; preemption pending in Senate via Save Our Bacon

State fur bans — defending the wins

California's statewide fur retail ban (AB 44, 2019, first state in the nation), San Francisco / LA / Berkeley city bans, and parallel laws in MA, OR, RI, NJ. Like foie gras, these state-level wins live or die on the Senate's Save Our Bacon vote.

The ask

Defend state authority over fur sales. Vote NO on Save Our Bacon / any Farm Bill containing preemption.

Stakes

Statewide fur retail in CA has been illegal since 2023 (AB 44 effective date). Federal preemption would invalidate it along with parallel city + state ordinances nationwide.

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