Media Center (media contacts and AWI press releases)

AWI is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1951 to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans.  For more about AWI, click here.

If you are a reporter who would like to speak to a member of our staff, please call (703) 836-4300
(9 a.m. to 6 p.m.) or (202) 423-8689 (after hours) and refer to our directory.

2008 Press Releases (Press Release Archives)
   
August 11, 2008 - Lawsuit Filed to Protect Lynx from Deadly Traps
   
July 31, 2008 - Animal Welfare Institute Testifies Before Congress in Favor of New Bill Containing Criminal Penalties for Horse Slaughter
   
July 9, 2008 - US House of Representatives Strengthens Shark Finning Ban, US Senate Follows Suit with a Companion Bill
   
July 2, 2008 - Animal Welfare Institute Condemns BLM Proposal to Kill Thousands of Wild Horses in Holding Facilities
   
June 26, 2008 - Bush Administration Supports Plan to Kill Humpbacks
   
June 25, 2008 - Bush Administration Selling Out Whales and the American Public
   
June 18, 2008 - Animal Welfare Institute and National Black Farmers Association Call for Balanced Debate on Horse Slaughter Issue
   
June 18, 2008 - House of Representatives Pass Resolution in Support of Whales
   
June 17, 2008 - Animal Welfare Institute and National Black Farmers Association Launch “Project Wanted Horse”
   
June 16, 2008 - Supreme Court of the United States Denies Appeal on Illinois Horse Slaughter Ban
   
June 11, 2008 - House Natural Resources Committee Strips US Shark Finning Ban of Loopholes
   
June 10, 2008 - Senator John Kerry Receives "Profiles in Compassion" Award for Supporting Animal Welfare
   
June 4, 2008 - Congressional Leaders Encourage US to Step up for Whales Again
   
May 28, 2008 - Wildlife Conservation Groups Threaten to Sue Commissioner Martin to Protect Canada Lynx from Traps in Maine
   
May 22, 2008 - Illinois Farm Bureau Kills Bill to Ban Inhumane Transport of Horses
   
May 21, 2008 - Animal Protection Groups Ask Federal Court to Halt Ringling Bros.’ Cruel Chaining and Confinement of Endangered Asian Elephants
   
May 10, 2008 - HBO “REAL SPORTS” Exposes Underbelly of Thoroughbred Racing
   
April 25, 2008 - National Conference of State Legislators Defeats Resolution to Promote Horse Slaughter
   
April 10, 2008 - Emergency Rule Sought to Stop Park Service Slaughter of Wild Bison in Yellowstone National Park
   
April 8, 2008 - House of the Illinois General Assembly Moves to Ban Double Deck Horse Transport
   
March 26, 2008 - Toby Keith:  Tell Congress it’s Time to Stand up for America’s Horses
   
March 25, 2008 - THE TRUTH BEHIND HUMANE SLAUGHTER LAW: Animal Welfare Institute Report Reveals Lack of Enforcement
   
March 13, 2008 - AWI’s Compassion Index Measures Legislators’ Humane Record; New Features Just Added
   
March 11, 2008 - Groups Say Human Oversight Necessary at US Slaughterhouses
   
March 3, 2008 - Hawaiian Judge Rules Navy Sonar Harmful to Whales, Issues Injunction
   
February 21, 2008 - IL House Driver's Education and Safety Committee Sends Double Decker Ban to Floor for Vote
   
February 11, 2008 - The Homes for Horses Coalition Launches Resource-Rich Website
   
January 29, 2008 - South Dakota Horse Slaughter Bill Defeated
   
January 24, 2008 - Heroes’ Hayden Panettiere to Cheer for Whales in the Nation’s Capital
   
January 17, 2008 - American Veterinary Medical Association Hurting, Not Helping, Horses
   
January 15, 2008 - Animal Welfare Institute Urges Consumers to Take Action: USDA Seeks
Comments From Public on Definition of Labeling Meat Products as Naturally
Raised. - March 3, 2008 is Deadline for Consumer Comments
   
January 4, 2008 - Representative and Mrs. Tom Lantos Leaving Congress Humanitarians dedicated to reducing the suffering off both human and non-human animals throughout the world (UPDATED)