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Companion Animals
Companion Animals
Companion AnimalsAccording to the 2025 National Pet Owners Survey, over two thirds of all US households include a companion animal. While the majority of pets are cats or dogs, millions of...
AWI Priority Bills Reintroduced
Companion Animals, Equines, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeTwo of AWI’s priority equine bills were reintroduced at the end of February in recognition of National Horse Protection Day on March 1. Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Jan Schakowsky...
Koda and the Whales
Companion Animals, Marine WildlifeCarrie Newell, a marine biologist and whale-watching guide in the Pacific Northwest, has had great success over the years training her companion dogs to locate gray whales when they return...
AWI Expands Directory to Help Unhoused People and Their Pets
Press ReleaseMarch 20, 2025Companion AnimalsToday, Safe Havens for Pets, an initiative of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), launched an expanded online directory to include sheltering services that assist individuals who are experiencing homelessness with a pet....
Bill Introduced to Require Data Collection Linking Animal Cruelty and Child Abuse
Press ReleaseJanuary 29, 2025Companion AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act (H.R. 712), reintroduced last week by Reps. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) and Julia Brownley (D-CA). This...
Global Students Get Vocal for Animals
Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe 2024 edition of the annual “A Voice for Animals” contest, sponsored by AWI, the Humane Education Network, and the Palo Alto Humane Society, once again provided a platform for...
Abandoned
Companion AnimalsPhotographer and author Katherine Carver spent the past decade documenting the fate of 59 abandoned dogs. Inspired by her own rescue dog who had suffered from neglect and abuse, Carver...
Veto, The Governor’s Cat
Companion AnimalsAnimals are often the main characters in children’s books, capturing younger readers’ attention and delivering life lessons in an entertaining and easily digestible format. Veto, The Governor’s Cat, by former Georgia governor...
Bird Flu Infects Humans and House Cats
Companion Animals, Farmed AnimalsFebruary will mark four years of the United States battling the most significant animal health emergency in the country’s history: the continued spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, aka...
AWI Initiative Makes Animal Cruelty Data Readily Available to Researchers
Companion AnimalsAWI’s new Center for the Study of NIBRS Animal Cruelty Data (the Center) provides easy access to a wealth of information on animal cruelty crimes derived from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s...