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AWI Welcomes Iceland's Decision to Forego Fin Whaling This Summer
Washington, DC —The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is relieved to hear that no fin whales will be killed by Icelandic whalers this summer. In an...
AWI Supports Bill to Prohibit the Use of Performing Exotic Animals
Washington, DC —The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) supports the reintroduction of the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA). Sponsored by Representatives Raúl...
AWI Supports Bipartisan Bill to Protect Children and Animals from Abuse
Washington, DC —The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act of 2019, introduced today by Representatives Ann McLane...
BLM to Proceed with Barbaric Sterilization of Wild Mares, Despite Outcry
Burns, Oregon —Despite multiple lawsuits , federal injunctions and overwhelming public opposition, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced last night that it is again...
Legislators Decry Forest Service Plan to Condemn Wild Horses to Slaughter
Washington, DC —Today, 64 members of Congress sent a bipartisan letter to US Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and US Forest Service Chief Vicki...