US Navy Sued to Protect Critically Endangered Whales
Thursday, January 28, 2010
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), has filed suit against the US Navy over its plans to build a $100 million Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) 50 miles east of the Jacksonville, Florida coast. The plans...
Parties in Federal Lawsuit Concerning Beech Ridge Wind Energy Project Announce Agreement on Bat Protection and Turbine Operation
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
An agreement has been reached among all parties involved in federal litigation under the Endangered Species Act concerning the Beech Ridge wind project in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, that will provide for additional protection of...
The Animal Welfare Institute Continues Fight to Protect Endangered Elephants from Abuse by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Thursday, December 31, 2009
After nearly a decade of litigation, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) will continue its battle to protect endangered Asian elephants from abuse at the hands of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Yesterday, Judge...
Wildlife Coalition Condemns Coyote Killing Tournament as Ethically and Ecologically Indefensible
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
A national coalition of wildlife advocacy and conservation organizations representing more than 70,000 Maine citizens is calling for an end to a coyote killing tournament that is currently underway in northern Maine.
Wildlife Advocacy Organizations Petition U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Halt Illegal Trapping of Canada Lynx
Thursday, December 10, 2009
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the Wildlife Alliance of Maine (WAM) urged the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today to enforce the Endangered Species Act (ESA) against the unlawful trapping of Canada lynx...
Federal Court Rules Massive Wind Energy Project in Violation of Endangered Species Act
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Federal district court Judge Roger Titus of the US District Court for the District of Maryland has issued a comprehensive ruling that an industrial wind energy facility in Greenbrier County, West Virginia will kill and...
Shark Conservation Act of 2009 Approaches the Finish Line in Senate
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Following the swift and unanimous passage by the House of Representatives in March of this year, the Senate’s companion bill, S. 850, the Shark Conservation Act of 2009, moved out of the Senate Commerce, Science...
Coyote and Fox Live Bait Training and Penning Condemned as Unethical & Ecologically Reckless
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
More than 40 scientists, veterinarians, and attorneys and a coalition of wildlife advocacy organizations including Project Coyote, Indiana Coyote Rescue (ICR), and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) have submitted a formal letter and data urging...
Bills Target Animal Dealers With “Sordid History”
Friday, October 23, 2009
Determined to provide better safeguards against companion animals being used in experiments Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) reintroduced the Pet Safety and Protection Act (S. 1834/H.R. 3907) to prohibit Class B...
Trial Challenging Wind Energy Impacts on Endangered Bat Set to Begin in Federal Court
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Today a groundbreaking trial began in Federal District Court in Greenbelt, MD (6500 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt, MD 20770) pitting a massive wind energy development in West Virginia against the critically endangered Indiana bat.
Wildlife Advocacy Organizations File Motion to Stop Start of Early Coyote & Fox Trapping in Maine to Protect Imperiled Lynx from Deadly Traps
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the Wildlife Alliance of Maine (WAM) filed a motion in federal district court in Bangor Maine today seeking a preliminary injunction (PI) to stop Maine’s early coyote and fox...
US House of Representatives Takes Action to Protect Animals From Cruel Traps on National Wildlife Refuges
Friday, October 02, 2009
Yesterday, Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) introduced legislation to end the use of brutal traps on furbearing animals within federal wildlife refuges. H.R. 3710, the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, which was submitted with a total...
Origins Natural Resources, Inc. Flip Over Dolphins
Monday, August 31, 2009
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds skincare company, Origins, for abandoning plans for a swim-with dolphins prize at Cabo Dolphins in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
House Passes Legislation to Restore and Strengthen Wild Horse Protections
Friday, July 17, 2009
In a decisive move, the US House of Representatives today approved a measure to restore basic protections for America's wild horses and burros.
Animal Protection Groups Petition Federal Government to Regulate Dolphin Petting Pools
Monday, July 06, 2009
The Animal Welfare Institute joins The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and four other organizations today in filing a Petition for Rulemaking with the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to...
Federal Lawsuit Filed over Industrial Wind Project that Jeopardizes Endangered Bats
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Charging that a massive wind energy project threatens endangered bats, the Animal Welfare Institute, a national animal protection organization, along with the West Virginia-based Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy and other conservationists, have filed what...
Bill to Restore Protection of American Icon Passes House Natural Resources Committee
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The Restoring Our American Mustangs Act (H.R. 1018) today passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee. Known as the ROAM Act, the bill was introduced by Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D-WV) and National Parks...
Senator Kerry Introduces the Shark Conservation Act of 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Sharks may soon receive much-needed protection from finning, a practice by which their fins are cut off while the animal is still alive. Their mutilated bodies are then thrown back into the ocean, where they...
Homes for Horses Coalition Conference Held in Las Vegas
Monday, April 13, 2009
Representatives from dozens of national and state-based equine protection, advocacy and rescue organizations gathered April 9 and April 10 at Bally's Las Vegas for the third annual Homes for Horses Coalition Conference to discuss the...
Attempt to Overturn Illinois Horse Slaughter Ban Stalled in House
Friday, April 03, 2009
The Animal Welfare Institute commends the Illinois General Assembly's House of Representatives for reaffirming their commitment to equine welfare by opposing an attempt to overturn the state's 2007 ban on horse slaughter on the House...