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Congress Urged Not to Use Taxpayer Money to Prop Up Dangerous Mink Farms
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), joined by 46 public health scientists, veterinarians, animal welfare and conservation organizations, and other experts in their respective fields, delivered a letter to leaders of the Agriculture Committees in...
UNESCO Keeps Mexico Vaquita Habitat on World Heritage 'In Danger' List
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee renewed its call today for urgent action to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise in Mexico.
House Appropriations Bill Sacrifices Imperiled Species in Favor of Politicking
Monday, July 22, 2024
The US House of Representatives is set to vote this week on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 8998), a bill that severely slashes conservation funding for the coming fiscal year and...
AWI Grants Support Humane Strategies to Manage Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Monday, July 08, 2024
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the nine recipients of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing humane solutions to human-wildlife conflicts and less intrusive methods to study wildlife.
New Research: Weak Enforcement of State Farmed Animal Welfare Laws Continues
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) released a new report today that documents how state-level farmed animal welfare laws continue to be minimally enforced, even though such laws could substantially improve the lives of many of...
USMCA Council to Investigate Mexico’s Failure to Protect the Vaquita
Thursday, June 27, 2024
After a two-year delay, the Council of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) voted unanimously yesterday to investigate Mexico’s failure to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Mexico has not enforced its own fishing and wildlife...
BLM Gallops Ahead With Wild Horse Eradication Plan Amid Ongoing Litigation
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Last week, Eubanks & Associates, on behalf of petitioners the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC), Western Watersheds Project (WWP), and others, notified the US District Court of Wyoming that the Bureau...
New Survey: No More Than Eight Vaquita Remain
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Only six to eight critically endangered vaquita may remain on the planet, the Mexican government announced last week in reporting the results of a new survey.
Bill Introduced to Require Data Collection Linking Animal Cruelty and Child Abuse
Friday, June 14, 2024
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act (H.R. 8733), reintroduced yesterday by Reps. Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) and Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ).
NOAA Greenlights Gray Whale Hunt for Makah Tribe
Friday, June 14, 2024
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is disappointed with yesterday’s decision by federal regulators to issue a waiver of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to the Makah Tribe of Washington state to hunt whales over...
New Analysis: Troubling Levels of Forever Chemicals Found in Norwegian Whale Meat
Thursday, June 13, 2024
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation organizations are calling on the Norwegian government to expand testing of all whale meat sold for human consumption and update health advisories, after a...
Japan and Iceland Approve Fin Whale Hunts, Despite Record Low Demand for Whale Meat
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Today, Japan and Iceland decided to allow each country’s last remaining whale companies to hunt fin whales, the second largest animal on the planet.
Bill Introduced to Prohibit Interstate Transport of Vulnerable Livestock and Improve Travel Conditions for Others
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Today, US Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) introduced the Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act to improve conditions for livestock transported across the United States.
Big Money Talks in Fight to Save Endangered Monkeys from Extinction
Wednesday, June 05, 2024
This month, a committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is scheduled to determine whether long-tailed macaques (LTMs) should continue to be classified as “endangered” on its Red List of Threatened Species...
House Farm Bill Draft Helps Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Pets, But Rewards Industries That Abuse Animals
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
The US House Committee on Agriculture will weigh in Thursday on the long-awaited, 942-page Farm Bill, a massive legislative package — reauthorized every five years or so — that serves as a key driver of...
House Bill Would Ban Wildlife Killing Contests on Public Lands
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Today, more than 14 members of the US House of Representatives introduced legislation that would prohibit organizing, sponsoring, conducting, or participating in wildlife killing contests on more than 500 million acres of US public lands.
AWI Scholarship Winners Display Ambition, Ingenuity in Protecting Animals
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 12 winners of a scholarship designed to support high school seniors who are planning to use their post-secondary education to better the lives of animals.
USDA Takes Long-Awaited Step to End Inhumane Horse Soring
Wednesday, May 08, 2024
Today, the US Department of Agriculture published a final rule to end the brutal practice of horse soring at Tennessee walking horse shows.
Captive Primate Safety Act Would End the Cruel and Dangerous Primate Pet Trade (2024)
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses yesterday’s reintroduction of the Captive Primate Safety Act (CPSA), which would end the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in the United States.
Biden Administration Restores NEPA Regulations Critical to Battle Against Climate Change
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
The White House Council on Environmental Quality released today its final phase II rule updating regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), our country’s basic charter for the protection of the environment.