… Click here to view AWI’s Opening Statement for IWC65 The 65 th annual meeting of the … the proposal was presented in a package, with an updated statement on need, and a resolution from the European … proposals before reconvening on Tuesday morning. AWI Statement on 2014 Greenland Quota On 15 September, the …
Date created: September 15, 2014
Last updated: October 21, 2022
The 2016 Clark R. Bavin Law Enforcement Award recipients are as follows.
Date created: June 6, 2022
Last updated: February 28, 2024
The 66th meeting of the International Whaling Commission opened today in Portoroz, Slovenia. This year, the IWC celebrates the 70th anniversary of its founding treaty and the 30th year of its commercial whaling ban. Topics to be discussed include the creation of the South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary, the importance of whales to ecosystems, and the IWC’s management of subsistence whaling. Read AWI’s reports from the meeting here.
Date created: October 24, 2016
Last updated: October 21, 2022
… maintaining healthy and productive oceans. AWI’s Opening Statement Whales are integral species in the marine ecosystem … that, while it would not block consensus, it reserved its position on this schedule amendment pending discussions on … or queries on these documents, which cover the final position for the 2016 and 2017 financial years and the …
Date created: September 10, 2018
Last updated: October 21, 2022
The International Union for Conservation of Nature assessed more than 740 newly recognized bird species in 2016 and found that 13 of these species were already extinct—before they’d even been recognized as distinct species.
Date created: March 23, 2018
Last updated: October 14, 2020
469,525 farm animals were killed in barn fires in 2019.
Date created: January 16, 2020
Last updated: August 11, 2022
The 2019 Clark R. Bavin Law Enforcement Award recipients are as follows.
Date created: June 6, 2022
Last updated: February 28, 2024
1,675,195 farm animals were killed in barn fires in 2020.
Date created: January 17, 2020
Last updated: February 15, 2024
681,825 farm animals were killed in barn fires in 2021.
Date created: January 5, 2021
Last updated: February 15, 2024
A Message from the President
Date created: December 17, 2020
Last updated: December 17, 2020
518,973 farm animals were killed in barn fires in 2022.
Date created: January 7, 2022
Last updated: January 5, 2023
The 2022 Clark R. Bavin Law Enforcement Award recipients are as follows.
Date created: November 17, 2022
Last updated: February 28, 2024
Since the International Whaling Commission last met in person in 2018, it has achieved two significant milestones: the 75th anniversary of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling in December 2021 and the 40th anniversary of the decision to prohibit commercial whaling worldwide (the moratorium) in July 2022. AWI and our colleagues in the conservation and animal protection community were proud to celebrate both landmarks and to launch a new Vision for the IWC for its next 50 years.
Date created: October 17, 2022
Last updated: February 28, 2024
486,240 farmed animals were killed in barn fires in 2023.
Date created: January 5, 2023
Last updated: February 15, 2024
1,468,195 farmed animals have been killed in barn fires in 2024 so far.
Date created: January 17, 2024
Last updated: September 11, 2024
More than 240 environmental, animal welfare and conservation organizations sent a letter to House and Senate leadership today, calling on them to reject riders in Fiscal Year 2018 Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency appropriations legislation that would erode the Endangered Species Act and other safeguards for wildlife. The letter comes as Congress is poised to pass yet another continuing resolution that could pave the way for negotiations to begin on a final omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2018.
Date created: February 7, 2018
Last updated: February 7, 2022
This week, a group of prominent whale and dolphin biologists from across the globe, including Dr. Naomi Rose of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), sent a letter urging a Russian federal agency to stop capturing free-ranging orcas in the Sea of Okhotsk for sale to marine parks overseas.
Date created: November 15, 2018
Last updated: February 7, 2022
Today, a group of prominent marine mammal biologists from across the globe, including Dr. Naomi Rose of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), sent a second letter requesting that Russia release the remaining 80+ beluga whales and 10 orcas held in the “whale jail” in Russia’s Far East and to stop capturing orcas and belugas in the Sea of Okhotsk for sale to marine parks in Russia and abroad.
Date created: March 15, 2019
Last updated: February 7, 2022
Enrichment—adding complexity to an animal’s environment—is an essential element of improving the lives of animals in captivity. Species-appropriate toys, puzzles, and structures, for example, can provide cognitive stimulation and opportunities to engage in natural behaviors. Animals deprived of such opportunities may engage in abnormal, often harmful activities out of boredom and frustration.
Date created: September 1, 2022
Last updated: September 4, 2024
In 2020, Drs.
Date created: August 30, 2023
Last updated: September 6, 2023
The US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program reported last week that it had shot, trapped, and poisoned more than 400,000 native animals in 2021.
Date created: April 1, 2022
Last updated: April 20, 2022
The 40th anniversary of the global ban on commercial whaling has been marked today, with a plaque unveiled to hail one of the most significant conservation victories of all time.
Date created: July 18, 2022
Last updated: August 25, 2022
1. Eat Less Meat, Dairy, and Eggs; 2. Shop for Higher-Welfare Food; 3. Never Eat These Foods; 4. Fight the Growth of Factory Farms; 5. Spread the Word–And More!
Date created: September 28, 2017
Last updated: August 7, 2024
In a strong bipartisan showing, more than 60 members of Congress sent a letter this week to the World Health Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, urging them to shut down live wildlife markets and ban international trade of live wildlife not intended for conservation purposes.
Date created: April 10, 2020
Last updated: January 18, 2024
On the National Day of the Horse, the Animal Welfare Institute and the American Wild Horse Campaign, joined by more than 70,000 supporters, petitioned Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to stop the largest wild horse roundup in US history, which is occurring in Wyoming’s Checkerboard region.
Date created: December 13, 2021
Last updated: January 18, 2024