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A Voice for Animals Contest Winners Step Up Advocacy During Pandemic
Press ReleaseAugust 21, 2020All ProgramsFrom documenting how a hungry sea turtle might mistake a plastic bag in the ocean for a jellyfish, to employing forensic science to curb pangolin trafficking, the winners of the...
Pressure Mounts on USDA to Enforce Animal Welfare Act
Press ReleaseJuly 21, 2020All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is grateful to Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) for continuing to pressure the US Department of Agriculture to adequately enforce the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), the...
A Statement from AWI: AWI has chosen to go quiet this week on social media
Press StatementJune 3, 2020All ProgramsAWI has chosen to go quiet this week on social media. While the animal welfare issues we work on remain as pertinent as ever, we are cognizant of the fact...
A Note from the President of AWI Regarding COVID-19
Press StatementMarch 25, 2020All ProgramsDear Members and other friends of AWI: As you know, coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading around the globe, and the human species is facing a pandemic unlike any the vast majority...
Final Spending Package Includes Monumental Victories for Animal Welfare
Press ReleaseDecember 17, 2019All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the US House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees for including monumental victories for animal welfare in the final Fiscal Year 2020 spending package. As...
Empower Future Leaders of the Animal Welfare Movement on #GivingTuesday
Press ReleaseNovember 26, 2019All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is looking forward to Giving Tuesday—a global day of giving. Giving Tuesday (December 3 this year) is a perfect opportunity during the holiday season to...
New Bill Aims to Strengthen Animal Welfare Act Enforcement
Press ReleaseAugust 29, 2019All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes the introduction today of the Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act (H.R. 4211), which would protect animals from unscrupulous dealers and exhibitors and close existing loopholes in the US...
AWI Commends Inclusion of Animal Welfare Provisions in HR 3055
Press ReleaseJune 28, 2019All ProgramsThe US House of Representatives passed HR 3055, an appropriations “minibus” that covers the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, and the Interior, as well as other departments...
A Voice for Animals Contest Winners Embody Hope
Press ReleaseJune 26, 2018All ProgramsFrom nursing orphan rhino calves in South Africa to helping to preserve endangered salmon in the Pacific Northwest, the winners of the 2018 A Voice for Animals contest show they not only...
AWI Statement: Fiscal Year 2018 Spending Bill a Win for Animals
Press StatementMarch 23, 2018All ProgramsThe Fiscal Year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill was signed today by President Trump. “We thank animal champions in Congress for their crucial work on this bill,” said Nancy Blaney, Animal Welfare Institute...