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Governor Inslee’s Task Force Abandons Mandate to Make Bold Recommendations for Orca and Salmon Recovery
Washington, DC —The Animal Welfare Institute is gravely disappointed that some of the recommendations released today by the Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery and Task...
Iceland Shipment to Japan Could Contain Meat from Rare Hybrid Whales
Ishinomaki, Japan —Conservation and animal protection organizations are calling on the Japanese government to prove that a shipment of Icelandic whale products that arrived in...
25 Whale Biologists Urge Russia to Stop Capturing Wild Orcas
Washington, DC —This week, a group of prominent whale and dolphin biologists from across the globe, including Dr. Naomi Rose of the Animal Welfare Institute...
AWI Sues USDA Over Weak Label Requirements for Animal Food Products
Washington, DC —Today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) sued the US Department of Agriculture for its unreasonable delay in responding to a 2014 AWI petition...
BLM Drops Planned Sterilization Experiments on Oregon’s Wild Mares
Portland, Oregon —Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it will drop proposed sterilization experiments on wild horses in Oregon, just days after...