Leading equine rescues and sanctuaries from across the country gathered in Irving, Texas, on September 25 and 26 for the 2015 Homes for Horses Coalition conference. The only national conference for horse rescues and sanctuaries brought together nearly 120 people from 56 different organizations and provided training, problem-solving tools and moral support.
Date created: September 30, 2015
Last updated: February 2, 2022
You may have never thought twice about a horseshoe crab—or even once for that matter—but lately, people are noticing that perhaps they should.
Date created: August 11, 2009
Last updated: January 17, 2020
As the Trump administration works to finalize a set of rules to weaken the Endangered Species Act, a new report released today lists 10 animals threatened by the administration’s existing and proposed policies.
Date created: December 18, 2018
Last updated: February 7, 2022
As spring brought budding trees and new shoots to Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina, it also brought renewed hope for the survival of the red wolf, the most critically endangered canid in the world.
Date created: June 14, 2022
Last updated: June 24, 2022
Since a victory by AWI and allies in a lawsuit to limit coyote hunting in the red wolf recovery area (see AWI Quarterly, summer 2014), the US Fish and Wildlife Service has continued to sabotage its own once-successful red wolf recovery program, in apparent capitulation to a small, but very vocal group of individuals opposed to red wolf recovery.
Date created: September 16, 2016
Last updated: January 17, 2024
Red Wolf Revival made its debut in Washington, DC, on February 22 at the Carnegie Institution for Science, followed by a panel of speakers that included filmmaker Roshan Patel and representatives from AWI, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Wildlands Network.
Date created: July 6, 2016
Last updated: April 24, 2024
The red wolf (Canis rufus) once ranged throughout the eastern and southcentral United States. Now, however, it is the most endangered canid in the world, and one of the rarest mammals, due to intensive predator control programs, degradation and alteration of its habitat, killing by hunters who mistake red wolves for coyotes, and the abandonment of the Red Wolf Recovery Program by US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
Date created: September 26, 2011
Last updated: January 5, 2023
In late April and early May, four adult captive red wolves were released into the Red Wolf Recovery Area in eastern North Carolina, and four red wolf pups born in captivity were fostered to a wild female red wolf in the recovery area. This marks the first time since 1998 that adult red wolves were released directly into the recovery area from captive breeding facilities and the first time since 2014 that red wolf pups from the facilities have been fostered into the wild.
Date created: June 9, 2021
Last updated: June 23, 2021
by Bret R. Tallent and Dr. Jonathan Lifshitz
Date created: September 26, 2018
Last updated: September 4, 2024
As the country continues to battle COVID-19, the Biden administration is taking steps to strengthen the nation’s commodity supply chains and ensure increased resiliency against major disruptions in the future.
Date created: August 19, 2021
Last updated: August 30, 2021
Rabbits can be affectionate companions. They are not, however, naturally predisposed to feel at ease around humans. In a laboratory setting, in particular, being approached and subsequently scruffed by an unfamiliar human is likely to induce fear and stress responses - and possibly skew research data.
Date created: May 4, 2011
Last updated: January 8, 2020
Although grizzly bears are listed as provincially threatened in Alberta, the Rocky Mountain subpopulation of grizzly bears, which includes the bears in southwestern Alberta, is increasing. In southwestern Alberta, conflicts between grizzly bears and agricultural activities have increased over the last 15 years, and the distribution of conflicts is spreading east.
Date created: January 2, 2020
Last updated: March 31, 2023
In January 2018, a report released by the World Health Organization’s newly minted Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System revealed widespread antibiotic resistance among people with suspected bacterial infections in nations around the world.
Date created: July 1, 2019
Last updated: July 1, 2019
Refinement techniques represent a key focus of AWI, as there is much that can be done immediately to improve the welfare of animals in research.
Date created: April 21, 2021
Last updated: August 21, 2023
AWI congratulates the most recent Refinement Grant recipients:
Date created: September 5, 2017
Last updated: October 8, 2020
Handling procedures for macaques assigned to re search often involve two circumstances that trigger anxiety and fear in the subjects: removal from the home environment and involuntary restraint. Common responses to this situation include a variety of distress reactions [1,2] that not only affect the well-being of the macaque but also the validity of research data [3-18].
Date created: May 27, 2016
Last updated: November 11, 2020
Refinement techniques were developed for caged research rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in order to better foster the animals' behavioral health and well-being. Individuals were transferred from the traditional barren single-cages to compatible pair-housing arrangements in double-cages furnished with perches, gnawing sticks and custom-made food puzzles.
Date created: January 21, 2009
Last updated: November 11, 2020
AWI President Cathy Liss joined Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and other animal welfare advocates in August at DuPage County Animal Services in Wheaton, Illinois, as Krishnamoorthi announced the introduction of legislation designed to protect animals from unscrupulous dealers and exhibitors and close loopholes in the US Department of Agriculture licensing process.
Date created: October 10, 2019
Last updated: January 23, 2020
A survey conducted by the FWS revealed that more than half of all refuges allow trapping of wildlife. Trapping on the NWRS is allowed for predator control, facilities management, population management, recreation, commerce, and subsistence. Most of the trapping conducted by private citizens on refuges occurs for “commercial” and “recreational” purposes, according to the FWS.
Date created: April 29, 2015
Last updated: September 6, 2024
Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) has remained steadfast in her determination to end use of inhumane traps in the United States, but has shifted the focus of her legislation to our nation’s refuges.
Date created: November 6, 2009
Last updated: April 18, 2024
AWI supported House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) in reintroducing the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act (HR 4716) in July.
Date created: August 19, 2021
Last updated: April 17, 2024
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, reintroduced today in the US House of Representatives by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressional Animal Protection Caucus Co-Chair Earl Blumenauer (D-OR).
Date created: August 15, 2023
Last updated: September 6, 2024
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressional Animal Protection Caucus Co-Chair Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) for reintroducing the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act today.
Date created: July 27, 2021
Last updated: January 18, 2024
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) for reintroducing the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act today. This bill would prohibit the possession or use of body-gripping traps—which endanger wildlife, people, and pets—within the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS).
Date created: November 15, 2019
Last updated: January 18, 2024
Following a successful legal battle, conservation groups hope the recent release of nine highly endangered red wolves into the wild is the first of many steps by the US Fish and Wildlife Service needed to save the world’s rarest canids that now number as few as 15 known animals in the wild.
Date created: April 12, 2022
Last updated: April 20, 2022
