Make Animal Rights Bipartisan Again.

In the morning of Wednesday November 6th, the world learned that 75 million American voters elected Donald Trump as President of the United States.

Since then, influential voices from the animal rights world have expressed their concern for what that political victory means to animals. They justify their worry by pointing to Trump’s animal welfare record during his first presidency, which includes: building a southern border wall across the habitats of countless endangered species, weakening the enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act, supporting the interest of hunters and worst.

However, his record was not all bleak. Under his rule, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act became federal law, as well as the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act. He also outlawed animal fighting in the U.S. territories, banned the slaughter and tra ...