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Animal Welfare Groups Commend US Senators for Reintroducing Bill to Ban Horse Slaughter
Washington, DC—Today, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers reintroduced legislation to permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States and end the current export of...
A Voice for Animals Contest Winners Inspire New Crop of Advocates
Washington, DC—From shuttling India’s street dogs to veterinary offices to writing a children’s book about how plastic pollution harms marine life, the winners of the...
USMCA Commission: Mexico Must Respond on Vaquita Enforcement Failures
Montreal, Canada—Mexico must respond to allegations that the government failed to enforce protections for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, according to a decision by the...
Petition Seeks US Protections for Atlantic Humpback Dolphin
Washington, DC—Today, the Animal Welfare Institute and other conservation groups petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service to list the Atlantic humpback dolphin under the US...
USMCA Commission Urged to Investigate Mexico’s Failure to Protect Vaquita Porpoise
Washington, DC—Conservation groups petitioned the Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC) today to investigate Mexico’s failure to enforce its fishing and trade laws. Mexico’s enforcement failures...