Since 1994, at each meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties, AWI has honored individuals, organizations, and agencies that have demonstrated excellence in combatting wildlife crime with the
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… eliminate over 2 million acres of designated habitat for wild horses in the Wyoming Checkerboard region. The BLM’s … public outcry, come on the heels of the largest roundup of wild horses in US history, in which the agency removed over … plan that would set a dangerous precedent for wild horse management across the West. … BLM Seeks Severe …
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… known safe level for consumption of these drug residues in horse meat, and most horses have no medical record that … Food Exports (SAFE) Act would prevent the introduction of horse slaughter operations in the US, end the current export … laboratory, on the farm, in commerce, at home, and in the wild. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates and other …
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… Park Service is seeking to remove the entire herd of wild horses from Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP). … to reducing the population to zero.” An estimated 186 wild horses reside within the 70,000-acre park. These … significance to the park. … Park Service Plans Wild Horse Purge …
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… end of October, the Bureau of Land Management’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board met in Washington, DC, to consider a wide range of issues pertaining to wild horse management. AWI was present to deliver remarks to …
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… commends the US House of Representatives for passing the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA) today as part of a … “extremely top-heavy and prone to tipping.” Although no horse slaughter plants currently operate in the United … Grossman, Ph.D., equine program manager for AWI. “No horse should be forced to endure a difficult and long journey …
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… projects that seek to find more humane methods to manage wild horses, protect bats, prevent predator attacks on … Dr. Karen Herman and Dr. Allen Rutberg of Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary for developing more humane methods to assess …
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… organizations announced the “Final Stretch Alliance to End Horse Slaughter”—a collaborative effort to permanently ban … Equines (SAFE) Act (H.R.3355/S.2732) to permanently ban horse slaughter in the US and end the export of American … , the Humane Society Legislative Fund , Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation , and many other industry voices. …
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… Richard Burr (R-NC) have introduced S. 3448, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act. This bill provides for a new management plan for the free-roaming Corolla wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife … Walter Jones (R-NC), earlier this year. … More Freedom for Wild Corolla Horses …
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… lists some of the groups that support the SAFE Act to end horse slaughter. In addition to the groups listed below, AWI … Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals American Wild Horse Conservation Animals' Angels USA Animal Legal … Fund Animal Welfare Institute Born Free USA Captive Wild Animal Protection Campaign The Equestrian Society - …
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… In response to this and countless other incidents where wild horses have been seriously injured or killed during … roundups, Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) introduced the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act (HR 6635) in the House in …
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… forms of abuse, mistreatment, and neglect of equines, both wild and domestic. We campaign to end the slaughter of … horses and promote humane management techniques that allow wild equines to remain with their family bands on the range. Horse slaughter Wild horses and burros Working and …
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… applauds the US House of Representatives for passing the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA) today as part of a … state lines in double-deck trailers. “Passage of the Horse Transportation Safety Act is a victory for the humane … ecosystems and preventing collisions with vehicles when wild animals attempt to cross roadways. Congress is aiming to …
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… that it will drop proposed sterilization experiments on wild horses in Oregon, just days after a federal judge issued … case — the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI); the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC); The Cloud Foundation and its executive …
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… withdraw a proposal to conduct sterilization surgeries on wild horses in Utah’s Confusion Herd Management Area. ( See … to abandon this approach, led a coalition effort with wild horse advocacy groups urging Secretary Haaland to …
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The 2022 Clark R. Bavin Law Enforcement Award recipients are as follows.
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… experiments to surgically remove the ovaries of wild mares in Oregon. The experiments were set to begin this … Herd Management Area. The decision handed a victory to wild horse advocates and plaintiffs in the case — the Animal …
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… fall in love with Bernadette, Valerie and Wee Willy, three wild burros, adopted earlier this year from the Bureau of … animals whose historical significance rivals that of their wild horse cousins. Modern burros are descendants of wild African …
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… Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) . CoP16 was held in 2013 in … Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) kicked off this week with the 67 … meet the demand for such products without compromising wild populations, AWI has consistently maintained that, in …
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… The Wild Horse Symposium and 7 th International Conference on … and sometimes culled—even within National Parks—and wild horses are primarily managed by roundups and removals …
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… is again moving ahead with barbaric experiments on captive wild mares. It will be the third time that the agency has … with gruesome sterilization experiments on America’s wild horses, ignoring science and public opinion in the … Brieanah Schwartz, policy counsel for the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC). “It is irresponsible and a waste of …
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Today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced the nine recipients of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing innovative, less intrusive wildlife study techniques and more humane methods of resolving conflicts between wild animals and humans.
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… and more humane methods of resolving conflicts between wild animals and humans. Established in 2006, the award … College for passively tracking the locations of packs of wild gray wolves in central Wisconsin through acoustic … in southwestern Alberta. Paige Singer of Rocky Mountain Wild for collecting valuable wildlife data to inform the …
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… legislation to help horses, including the SAFE Act to end horse slaughter , the PAST Act to end horse soring , and the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act to end helicopter … on social media. Engage in Responsible Ecotourism Watching wild horses can be an exciting and educational experience. …
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… Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Three representatives from … Tajikistan proposes to downlist the Heptner’s markhor , a wild goat species targeted by trophy hunters, from Appendix I … specimens are identified as captive bred, the majority are wild caught. (It is common for traffickers to claim …
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