• Outreach and advocacy regarding wildlife conservation and animal welfare, including legislation related to the use of body-grip traps (H.R. 5217), banning the private possession of primates (no bill number), phasing out mink fur farms in the U.S. (H.R. 3783), ending captivity of certain marine mammals (H.R. 7145), restricting U.S. trophy hunting (H.R. 7795), and federal resources for confiscated wildlife (no bill number). Outreach to House and Senate offices and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on illegally imported long-tailed macaques and providing lifetime sanctuary care. Outreach to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the implementation of the Big Cat Public Safety Act (P.L. 117-243).

Duration: February 14, 2022 to present

General Issues: Animals, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $90,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2022: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)