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US House of Representatives Votes to Stop
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Once again, Congress has voiced its opposition to horse slaughter. The US House of Representatives today approved an amendment to the 2008 Agriculture Appropriations bill that will temporarily bring horse slaughter to a halt by...
"Barbaric, Barbaric, Barbaric!" Vick Dog Fighting Charges Symptomatic of a Larger Problem
Monday, July 23, 2007
"Barbaric, Barbaric, Barbaric!" This is the phrase recently opined by Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, our nation's longest-serving US Senator and last great political orator. Following news of charges leveled against Atlanta Falcons star...
Man Who Throws Puppy on Grill Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
Friday, June 08, 2007
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the Honorable Thomas Cooper of the Richland County Fifth Judicial Circuit for sentencing 28-year old Adan Gonzalez to three years in prison for throwing Lady, a 12-week-old boxer puppy...
AWI Joins Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Whales from Navy Sonar
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Conservation and animal welfare organizations have filed a legal challenge to the US Navy's plan to use high-intensity, mid-frequency active sonar in antisubmarine exercises in Hawai'i's waters. The planned sonar would emit blasts far louder...
Whales Need US: More than 50 members of Congress and 20 Conservation Groups Call for U.S. Leadership to Protect Whales
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
The "Whales Need US" coalition, an unprecedented joint effort of 20 US-based environmental, conservation and animal welfare organizations, representing more than 15 million people, today urged the Bush Administration to intensify its efforts to end...
Great Dismal Bear Hunt on National Wildlife
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
In an 8-page letter to the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) delivered today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and In Defense of Animals (IDA) questioned the legality of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife...
Conservationists Call on Interior Dpt. to Cancel Illegal Black Bear Hunt
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), In Defense of Animals (IDA), the American Environment Foundation (AEF), and two individuals asked the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) of the US Department of the Interior in...
New Food Seal Sets Highest Standards for Humane Treatment of Farm Animals
Friday, November 03, 2006
The Animal Welfare Approved standards prohibit cruel conditions and practices that other labels allow. The animals breathe fresh, clean air, instead of fumes from their own waste and grow naturally without pain and deformities caused...
Man Hauling Horses To Slaughter Charged With Animal Cruelty
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Just days after a committee of the US House of Representatives tried to kill legislation aimed at curtailing commercial horse slaughter in the United States, a Mississippi man hauling 19 horses to a Texas slaughterhouse...
Heber Wild Horse Territory
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
We have learned that the US Forest Service plans to remove 400 wild Arizona horses from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Eastern Arizona and sell them at auction in Sun Valley, near Holbrook, Ariz. Most...