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Media Center
(media contacts
and
AWI press releases)
AWI is a non-profit charitable
organization founded in 1951 to reduce the sum total of pain and fear
inflicted on animals by humans. For more about AWI,
click here.
If you are a reporter who would like to
speak to a member of our staff, please call (703) 836-4300
(9 a.m. to 6 p.m.) or (202) 423-8689 (after hours) and refer to
our directory.
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2007 Press Releases |
(Current Media Center) |
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NOVEMBER |
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November 29, 2007 - |
Animal Advocates Decry Refuge
Black Bear Hunt Organizations Demand
New Hunt Analysis |
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November 5, 2007 - |
Devastating Crash Prompts
Bill Introduction In Illinois |
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SEPTEMBER |
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September 18, 2007 - |
Bison Protection Advocates Ask
Agencies to Suspend Bison Hunt
State and Federal Laws Overlooked As Hunt Continues |
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September 10, 2007 - |
Animal Welfare Institute Condemns Illegal Whale Hunt by Makah Tribal
Members |
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September 4, 2007 - |
Michael Vick, NFL and
Atlanta Falcons Must Do the Right Thing:
National Animal Protection Group Calls for Establishment of Humane
Education Fund |
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AUGUST |
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August 29, 2007 - |
Elephants Beaten with
Bullhooks in the Name of Entertainment: Former Ringling Brothers
Employees Bolster Federal Lawsuit Against Circus |
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August 28, 2007 - |
Consumers Can Help Stop
Shark Finning |
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August 23, 2007 - |
Ringling Brothers Will Stand
Trial for Elephant Abuse |
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August 21, 2007 - |
US Court of Appeals Upholds Illinois
Ban on Horse Slaughter |
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August 14, 2007 - |
Groups Stage Street Theater Enactment of Navy Authorization to Flood
World's Oceans with LFA Sonar |
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August 3, 2007 - |
AWI
Congratulates Obi Sushi for Ceasing their Sale of Shark Fin Soup |
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August 2, 2007 - |
U.S. House of Representatives Votes to
Stop Horse Slaughter, Again |
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JULY |
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July 31, 2007 - |
Twenty Horse
Welfare Groups Meet for First Ever Conference Addressing the
Re-homing of America’s Horses |
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July 23, 2007 - |
“Barbaric, Barbaric,
Barbaric!”: Vick Dog Fighting Charges
Symptomatic of a Larger Problem |
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July 18, 2007 - |
Cavel Allowed to Resume Horse Slaughter Operations |
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July 13, 2007 - |
Judge Once Again Denies Request by Cavel |
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July 5, 2007 - |
Illinois Law Banning
Horse Slaughter Upheld in Federal Court |
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JUNE |
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June 29, 2007 - |
Illinois Horse Slaughter Put to a Halt Again |
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June 19, 2007 - |
FARM Bill Could Hamstring State Food Safety and Animal Welfare
Agencies |
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June 8, 2007 -
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Man Who Throws Puppy on Grill Sentenced to Three Years in Prison |
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June 4, 2007 - |
Animal Welfare Institute Honors Wildlife Law Enforcement Officers at
International Meeting |
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June 1, 2007 - |
U.S.
District Court Judge Allows Horse Slaughter Plant to Temporarily
Slaughter Horses While Lawsuit is Underway |
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MAY |
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May 29, 2007 - |
Texas Legislature Again Rejects
Efforts to Legalize Horse Slaughter |
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May 24, 2007 - |
Gov. Blagojevich signs
legislation banning the slaughter of horses in Illinois for human
consumption |
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APRIL |
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April 25, 2007 - |
Horse
Slaughter Bill Advances in the US Senate |
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MARCH |
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March 28, 2007 - |
Court Declares Horse Slaughter to be Illegal |
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