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Update: AWI Fundraises for Animals and Their Families Impacted by War in Ukraine
Thursday, May 12, 2022
As people around the world continue to watch in horror at the devastated communities and swelling numbers of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is committed to supporting animal...
AWI Partners with FOUR PAWS to Provide Crucial Aid for Animals in Ukraine
Thursday, May 12, 2022
As the devastating war in Ukraine continues to upend the lives of millions of people and untold numbers of animals, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has partnered with FOUR PAWS International to support the delivery...
AWI Partners with Consciously Shopping Tool to Help Consumers Choose Higher-Welfare Foods
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is excited to partner with Consciously (a public benefit corporation) and the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) Shop With Your Heart® program on a...
Release of Highly Endangered Red Wolves into Wild Gives Hope to Renewed Conservation
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
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...
International Environmental Authority Recommends Full Investigation of Mexico’s Vaquita Failures
Monday, April 11, 2022
A key United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) body recommended a formal investigation today into Mexico’s failure to comply with its fishing and wildlife trade laws, which is causing the near-extinction of the vaquita porpoise.
Congress Introduces Legislation to Ban Wildlife Killing Contests on Public Lands
Tuesday, April 05, 2022
A dozen members of Congress introduced legislation today that would prohibit organizing, sponsoring, conducting, or participating in wildlife killing contests on more than 500 million acres of US public lands.
400,000+ Native Animals Killed by Wildlife Services Program in 2021
Friday, April 01, 2022
The US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program reported last week that it had shot, trapped, and poisoned more than 400,000 native animals in 2021.
Update: AWI Fundraises for Animals and Their Families Impacted by War in Ukraine
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
As people around the world continue to watch in horror at the devastated communities and swelling numbers of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is committed to supporting animal...
Despite Promises, Mystic Aquarium Imported Unhealthy Whales from Canada
Monday, March 28, 2022
As more details emerge about the deaths of two of the five beluga whales imported to Mystic Aquarium from Canada last year—and the ongoing illness of a third whale—the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is urging...
AWI Scholarship Winners Lead Grassroots Efforts to Improve Animals’ Lives
Friday, March 18, 2022
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 15 winners of a scholarship designed to support high school seniors who are pursuing a post-secondary education intended to better the lives of animals.
Five Years After “Cyanide Bomb” Injures Idaho Teen, Efforts Continue to Ban Deadly Devices
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
This week marks the five-year anniversary of an Idaho teen nearly being fatally poisoned by an M-44, commonly known as a “cyanide bomb.”
Long-Awaited Spending Bill Includes Wins for Animal Welfare, But Work Remains
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
The $1.5 trillion federal spending bill, signed by President Biden today, includes vital wins for animals, such as right whales and horses, but also provides insufficient funding to implement the Endangered Species Act.
CITES Approves Totoaba Trade in Major Blow to Imperiled Vaquita Porpoise
Friday, March 11, 2022
The Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) voted 9-5 Thursday to permit Earth Ocean Farms (EOF), an aquaculture facility in Mexico, to engage in...
AWI Fundraises for Animals Impacted by War in Ukraine
Wednesday, March 09, 2022
As people around the world watch in horror at the devastated communities and swelling numbers of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is committed to supporting animal welfare groups...
AWI Welcomes Introduction of Legislation to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) for introducing today the Right Whale Coexistence Act to help...
AWI Is Alarmed by Another Beluga Death at Mystic Aquarium
Friday, February 11, 2022
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is appalled to learn that another beluga whale has died at Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.
US Launches Trade Complaint Over Mexico’s Failure to Protect Vaquita
Thursday, February 10, 2022
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai formally requested environmental consultations with Mexico today over its illegal fishing.
The America COMPETES Act Passes the House with Big Wins for Animals
Friday, February 04, 2022
Thanks to the efforts of many members of Congress who support animal welfare, the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 4521), a bill aimed at bolstering US innovation, passed the House of Representatives today with several provisions...
Greenland Must End Narwhal Hunt to Save Populations from Imminent Extinction
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Naalakkersuisut (Greenland’s government) must immediately cancel narwhal hunting quotas for Southeast Greenland or risk losing three populations of these whales forever, according to a letter delivered today to Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede on behalf...
AWI Joins Veterinarians in Urging AVMA to Stop Endorsing Inhumane Killing Methods
Thursday, January 06, 2022
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is supporting thousands of veterinary professionals in their recent request to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) that the association revise its guidelines to no longer permit killing animals by...