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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...
AWI-Endorsed Legislation Advanced by House Committee to Aid North Atlantic Right Whale Recovery
Washington, DC —The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the US House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee for approving H.R. 1568, the SAVE Right Whales Act...
AWI Endorses CECIL Act to Restrict Imports of Protected Species Killed for Sport
Washington, DC —The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is grateful for today’s reintroduction of the Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act...