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USDA Urged to Adopt Rules to Ensure Animals for Export are Fit to Travel
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) have petitioned the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to amend the US animal export regulations to include “fitness to travel”...
AWI Accepting Grant Proposals for the 2011 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards
Monday, January 24, 2011
AWI is now accepting applications for its 2011 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards. This award program, named in honor of the organization’s late founder and president for over 50 years, provides $10,000 grants to award recipients...
Coalition of Wildlife Conservation Organizations Praise Arcadia City Council’s Unanimous Decision to End $30K Annual Contract to Snare & Kill Resident Coyotes
Thursday, January 20, 2011
A coalition of national and local organizations including Project Coyote, the San Gabriel Friends of Wildlife, the Animal Welfare Institute, and the Angeles Chapter of Sierra Club praised the Arcadia City Council for their unanimous...
AWI President Cathy Liss to Speak on Animal Welfare at Research Symposium
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
On Friday, February 4, Animal Welfare Institute President Cathy Liss will give a presentation entitled “Informing Policy: The Responsibility of Scientists Conducting Research on Animals” at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in Arlington, Virginia.
President Obama Signs the Shark Conservation Act! AWI Applauds Law to End Shark Finning
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased to report that President Barack Obama signed the Shark Conservation Act into law. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the bill in the last days...
Groups Seek US Trade Sanctions against Iceland in Response to Escalating Whaling Activities
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Nineteen conservation and animal welfare groups, representing tens of millions of US citizens, today called on the Secretaries of Commerce and Interior to impose trade sanctions against Iceland for its escalating defiance of international conservation...
Animal Protection Groups Concerned over Decompression of Chickens
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
A coalition of animal protection organizations have sent letters to more than 30 of the nation's largest chicken suppliers urging them not to consider a new slaughter method called "low-atmospheric pressure killing" (LAPK), or "vacuum...
USDA Inspector General’s Audit Finds Flagrant, Chronic Abuse of Horses
Thursday, November 04, 2010
The US Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report highlighting serious shortcomings in enforcement of the Horse Protection Act—shortcomings that have permitted widespread abuse of show horses. The law, first passed...
USDA Urged to Toughen Penalties for Humane Slaughter Violations
Friday, October 01, 2010
A new report by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)—Humane Slaughter Update: Comparing State and Federal Enforcement of Humane Slaughter Laws— indicates that, more than two years after the shocking depiction of inhumane practices at the...
AWI Joins Forces with Shelters and Rescue Organizations
Saturday, September 18, 2010
An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent...
SeaWorld Slammed for Role in Whale Trainer Death
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the finding by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that SeaWorld of Florida LLC willfully violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 in connection with its...
Congress Must Act Now to Prevent Reckless Government Agency from Imperiling Survival of America's Wild Horses and Burros
Monday, August 02, 2010
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), along with leading Members of Congress, numerous wild horse advocacy organizations and the majority of Americans, is exceedingly frustrated with the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) gross mismanagement of America’s...
House Committee on Transportation Unanimously Approves a Bill to Ban Hauling Horses on Double Deck Trailers
Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds Chairman James Oberstar (D-MN), of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for bringing the Horse Transportation Safety Act (H.R. 305) before his Committee and supporting its swift unanimous passage.
House Overwhelmingly Approves Bill to Ban Animal Crush Videos
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
The Animal Welfare Institute commends the US House of Representatives for its overwhelming bipartisan vote today—416-3—in favor of H.R. 5566, a bill to outlaw trafficking in “crush videos,” a particularly depraved product that depicts women...
Wild Horse Advocates Call for Suspension of All Summer Roundups, Full Transparency in Agency Operations
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Philanthropist and businesswoman Madeleine Pickens was joined today by the ASPCA, the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, the Animal Welfare Institute and many other organizations expressing their outrage over the deaths of at least seven...
BP Agrees to Measures to Prevent Burning of Endangered Sea Turtles
Friday, July 02, 2010
BP and the United States Coast Guard, defendants in a lawsuit filed by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation groups, agreed today to measures designed to prevent the burning of...
The Animal Welfare Institute Files Suit Against BP for Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation organizations have filed suit in federal court today against British Petroleum America, Inc., British Petroleum Exploration & Production and British Petroleum PLC ("BP") for...
The Animal Welfare Institute Mourns the Passing of Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)
Monday, June 28, 2010
The Animal Welfare Institute mourns the passing of Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) and praises his long history of staunch support of animal protection legislation and the numerous impassioned speeches he delivered on the Senate...
Victory Declared for Wildlife in Florida
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Project Coyote and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) declared a victory for wildlife, after the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted unanimously today to ban coyote and fox pens statewide. Penning involves sending...
Congress Moves to Restore Ban on Animal Crush Videos
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Members of Congress and constitutional experts testified on May 26, 2010 before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on the recent Supreme Court decision invalidating a law prohibiting interstate commerce in...