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.

2008 Press Releases (Press Release Archives)
   
May 10, 2008 - HBO “REAL SPORTS” Exposes Underbelly of Thoroughbred Racing
   
April 25, 2008 - National Conference of State Legislators Defeats Resolution to Promote Horse Slaughter
   
April 10, 2008 - Emergency Rule Sought to Stop Park Service Slaughter of Wild Bison in Yellowstone National Park
   
April 8, 2008 - House of the Illinois General Assembly Moves to Ban Double Deck Horse Transport
   
March 26, 2008 - Toby Keith:  Tell Congress it’s Time to Stand up for America’s Horses
   
March 25, 2008 - THE TRUTH BEHIND HUMANE SLAUGHTER LAW: Animal Welfare Institute Report Reveals Lack of Enforcement
   
March 13, 2008 - AWI’s Compassion Index Measures Legislators’ Humane Record; New Features Just Added
   
March 11, 2008 - Groups Say Human Oversight Necessary at US Slaughterhouses
   
March 3, 2008 - Hawaiian Judge Rules Navy Sonar Harmful to Whales, Issues Injunction
   
February 21, 2008 - IL House Driver's Education and Safety Committee Sends Double Decker Ban to Floor for Vote
   
February 11, 2008 - The Homes for Horses Coalition Launches Resource-Rich Website
   
January 29, 2008 - South Dakota Horse Slaughter Bill Defeated
   
January 24, 2008 - Heroes’ Hayden Panettiere to Cheer for Whales in the Nation’s Capital
   
January 17, 2008 - American Veterinary Medical Association Hurting, Not Helping, Horses
   
January 15, 2008 - Animal Welfare Institute Urges Consumers to Take Action: USDA Seeks
Comments From Public on Definition of Labeling Meat Products as Naturally
Raised. - March 3, 2008 is Deadline for Consumer Comments
   
January 4, 2008 - Representative and Mrs. Tom Lantos Leaving Congress Humanitarians dedicated to reducing the suffering off both human and non-human animals throughout the world (UPDATED)