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Date created: January 22, 2009
Last updated: May 3, 2017
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is teetering on the brink of a frightful precipice. In June it will decide on a plan to legalize commercial whaling for the first time in over two decades.
Date created: July 9, 2010
Last updated: January 9, 2020
There is something magical about seeing a wild animal up close—especially when it's as big as a bus! Humans have an understandable fascination with whales and dolphins, and the best way to see them is in their natural environment, on their terms. Over 13 million people across over 100 countries go whale watching every year, feeding a multi-billion dollar industry. AWI supports responsible watching of cetaceans in the wild as opposed to patronizing captive facilities. As well as providing entertainment to those watching, responsible whale watching can provide significant financial returns to local communities, accurate education to passengers, and can foster strong conservation principles.
Date created: September 23, 2011
Last updated: September 5, 2024
As a child, I enjoyed standing in the shallow water of creeks, lakes, rivers, and the ocean watching fish. Later, as a scuba diver, I plunged deeper, observing the behavior and interactions of a wide array of fish in their natural habitats. What a Fish Knows, by ethologist Jonathan Balcombe, however, took me on a whole new journey into the vast and astounding world of fish.
Date created: September 19, 2016
Last updated: April 24, 2024
Make a Donation
Our work to protect animals would not be possible without the generous donations we receive each year.
Date created: September 26, 2011
Last updated: August 7, 2024
Here are a few actions you can take to inform others about your concern for animals in laboratories:
Date created: May 10, 2017
Last updated: March 10, 2022
Be an Educated Consumer
Here are a few ways to help companion animals by being an educated consumer:
Date created: May 10, 2017
Last updated: August 7, 2024
Animal factories will not exist if consumers demand that animals raised for food are treated as sentient beings with dignity and respect. Here are a few ways to help farmed animals by being an educated consumer:
Date created: May 10, 2017
Last updated: July 5, 2023
Be an Educated Consumer
Clearly it will take dedicated public effort to protect marine mammals and their habitat from the many threats they face.
Date created: May 10, 2017
Last updated: April 4, 2024
Date created: May 10, 2017
Last updated: August 7, 2024
When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness, by philosopher Dr. David M. Peña-Guzmán, is part storytelling and part dense academic text. The book tackles a fascinating topic: Is there evidence that nonhuman animals dream, and if so, what does that tell us about their capacity for consciousness?
Date created: September 1, 2022
Last updated: September 8, 2022
More and more, advances in animal cognition research are changing the ways in which people perceive animals. Belinda Recio’s latest book, When Animals Rescue: Amazing True Stories about Heroic and Helpful Creatures, powerfully contributes to this change by allowing readers to look beyond the data.
Date created: August 19, 2021
Last updated: August 30, 2021
Knowing how features of the environment, such as perches, might restrict or stimulate the expression of specified behaviors may help us to incorporate functional design alternatives in our housing plans for captive primates. Animal holding facilities and showcase facilities alike are commonly limited in the space available to resident primates such that the design of the vertical space may play a significant role in determining not only the comfort and quality of the housing, but also the appropriate physical place and social opportunity for animals to exhibit behavioral activity typical of the species.
Date created: May 12, 2016
Last updated: November 11, 2020
Where the Animals Go is a unique book that contains full-color maps with detailed tracking information for one after another animal species—from whales, elephants, and orangutans to turtles, ants, and plankton.
Date created: January 4, 2018
Last updated: April 24, 2024
The very title of Andrew Linzey’s book is likely to evoke an emotional response, but Why Animal Suffering Matters makes a rational, ethics-based case for treating animals humanely.
Date created: February 25, 2010
Last updated: April 24, 2024
The United Egg Producers (UEP) and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) announced in July that they had reached an agreement to phase in modifications to conventional battery cages over the next 15 to 18 years.
Date created: December 6, 2011
Last updated: January 8, 2020
Egg-laying hens in confinement bear some of the worst abuses the agricultural industry offers. To the detriment of their own well-being, hens are bred for increasing egg production.
Date created: November 6, 2009
Last updated: January 17, 2020
National Primate Research Centers (NPRCs) that experiment on nonhuman primates stand to gain an additional $30 million in taxpayer funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for fiscal year 2024, despite all seven receiving multiple citations deemed “critical” by US Department of Agriculture inspectors for primate injuries and deaths over the last decade, according to a new analysis by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI).
Date created: February 2, 2024
Last updated: September 6, 2024
Although more than 85 countries have banned or heavily restricted the use of steel-jaw leghold traps, the United States—one of the world’s largest fur producing and consuming nations—continues to defend these inhumane devices.
Date created: December 10, 2013
Last updated: January 15, 2020
Congress could once again ban the use of federal funds to inspect horse slaughter plants in the United States if it follows the lead of the White House—a move that is strongly supported by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), The Humane Society of the United States and the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). President Obama’s FY 2014 budget proposal includes a request for Congress to block spending by the US Department of Agriculture to inspect US horse slaughter plants.
Date created: April 10, 2013
Last updated: February 2, 2022
As white-nose syndrome (WNS) was confirmed in yet another state - Maine - some Members of Congress were coming to the bats’ rescue.
Date created: October 3, 2011
Last updated: April 24, 2024
Bat conservationists throughout North America are holding their breath this winter, waiting nervously for the grim news of spring: how much farther has white-nose syndrome (WNS) spread and how many more bat hibernation caves will be littered with the bodies of bats killed by this tragic disease?
Date created: February 7, 2011
Last updated: January 10, 2020
The Animal Welfare Institute is dedicated to alleviating animal suffering caused by people. We seek to improve the welfare of animals everywhere: in agriculture, in commerce, in our homes and communities, in research, and in the wild.
Date created: June 27, 2011
Last updated: September 5, 2024
When it comes to animal cruelty cases, it is often hard to tell whether the glass is half empty or half full. Some individuals who have committed heinous acts of abuse are not even prosecuted, while others are held accountable. Although there are still far too many sad and disappointing examples of the former, instances of the latter are on the rise.
Date created: December 31, 2015
Last updated: April 17, 2024
It's easy to fall in love with Bernadette, Valerie and Wee Willy, three wild burros, adopted earlier this year from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Their charismatic personalities and occasional, delightful brays are enough to put a smile on anyone’s face.
Date created: December 4, 2012
Last updated: April 24, 2024
