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Leading Animal Protection Groups Urge USDA to Stop Practice That Keeps Animal Abusers in Business
Monday, October 16, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute, the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) are calling on the US...
Animal Welfare Institute Announces 2017 Christine Stevens Wildlife Award Winners
Thursday, October 12, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 2017 winners of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award. Established in 2006, the Christine Stevens Wildlife Award provides grants of up to $10,000 to help fund studies on...
Vaquita Advocates Welcome Trader Joe’s Decision to Stop Buying Mexican Shrimp
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Conservation organizations announced today that Trader Joe’s has declared it will stop buying shrimp from Mexico. The popular grocery store chain’s decision follows pressure from organizations behind the Boycott Mexican Shrimp campaign, launched earlier this...
AWI Applauds Sen. Booker for Reintroducing Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act
Friday, October 06, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) for his recent reintroduction of the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act (S. 1919), a bill to prohibit the possession or use of body-gripping traps within...
Private Airlift Evacuates 300 Animals from Hurricane Irma's Wake in Virgin Islands
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Three hundred and fifty cats and dogs from the US Virgin Islands, recently decimated by Hurricane Irma, were evacuated by plane early this morning. The Amerijet cargo plane—arranged by Virginia Beach’s Island Dog Rescue with...
National Animal Protection Organizations, Celebrities Protest Use of Live Elephant in New Film Production
Thursday, September 07, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) joined the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), Hollywood celebrities, other animal protection organizations, conservationists, and elephant sanctuaries, to issue an open letter this week to FJ Productions.
New Online Campaign Discourages Arizonans from Visiting Dolphin Attractions
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the Animal Defense League of Arizona (ADLA) this week launched a digital campaign aimed at discouraging the public from buying tickets to attractions that exploit captive dolphins. Through the...
Court to Monterey County: Animal-Killing Contract with Wildlife Services Violates State Law
Monday, August 14, 2017
The California Superior Court ruled last week that Monterey County’s renewal of its contract with the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program to kill predators and other native wildlife violated the California Environmental Quality...
AWI Urges Defunding, Closure of USDA's Meat Animal Research Center Following Appalling New Inspection
Friday, August 11, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is calling on Congress to permanently revoke all research funding of the USDA’s Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) in Clay Center, Nebraska. The request follows a July 2017 inspection report—newly...
AWI Statement: SeaWorld's Lack of Transparency Failing Science, Conservation
Tuesday, August 08, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal advocacy organizations issued an open letter today to Joel Manby, CEO of SeaWorld, requesting the release of Tilikum's necropsy (animal autopsy) report and his full veterinary records.
International Workshop Reveals Ecological, Economic Benefits of Cetaceans
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
A workshop held today at this week’s International Congress of the Society for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2017) revealed that the ecological services that cetaceans (whales and dolphins) provide to the planet may be the key...
Animal Welfare Groups Warn USDA Pig Slaughter Rule Will Risk Animal Welfare
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) condemn the USDA’s imminent plan to allow pig slaughterhouses to kill pigs at even faster speeds, making animals...
International Wildlife Journal Features Two Articles Authored by AWI Experts
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Two journal articles authored by experts from the Animal Welfare Institute(AWI) were recently featured in the newly released issue of the Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy (Volume 20, Issue 1, 2017).
Organizations Announce 2017 A Voice for Animals Contest Prize Winners
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the Humane Education Network (HEN) and the Palo Alto Humane Society officially announced today the winners of the 2017 A Voice for Animals contest.
Advocates Rally Outside Mexican Embassy for Vanishing Vaquita Porpoise
Thursday, July 06, 2017
Local conservation and animal protection organizations rallied outside the Mexican Embassy today to call on the Mexican government to take drastic action to save the fewer than 30 vaquita porpoises left on the planet. Advocates...
World Heritage Committee Gives Mexico One Year to Improve Protections for Critically Endangered Vaquita or Face "In Danger" Designation
Wednesday, July 05, 2017
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) today gave Mexico one year to improve protections for the only remaining home of the critically endangered vaquita or face an “in danger” designation for the Gulf of California...
Feds to Analyze Wildlife Services' Impacts on Endangered Ocelots in Arizona, Texas
Monday, June 26, 2017
Tucson, AZ —Under a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Welfare Institute approved today in Tucson federal court, the US Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed...
US Agency Proposes Listing Taiwanese Humpback Dolphin as Endangered
Monday, June 26, 2017
Washington, DC —The National Marine Fisheries Service today proposed listing the Taiwanese humpback dolphin (also known as the Taiwanese white dolphin), Sousa chinensis taiwanensis , as endangered, determining that the subspecies has a high risk...
Lawsuit Filed Against Federal Wildlife Services in Northern California
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Conservationists sued the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services today over its wildlife-killing program in Northern California. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, seeks updated environmental analysis of the program’s killing of...
Groups Seek Immediate Ban on Use of M-44 ‘Cyanide Bombs’ in Wyoming
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
A coalition of conservation and wildlife organizations today formally petitioned the Wildlife Services program of the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for an immediate ban on the use of...