World Heritage Committee Gives Mexico One Year to Improve Protections for Critically Endangered Vaquita or Face "In Danger" Designation
Wednesday, July 05, 2017
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) today gave Mexico one year to improve protections for the only remaining home of the critically endangered vaquita or face an “in danger” designation for the Gulf of California...
Feds to Analyze Wildlife Services' Impacts on Endangered Ocelots in Arizona, Texas
Monday, June 26, 2017
Tucson, AZ —Under a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Welfare Institute approved today in Tucson federal court, the US Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed...
US Agency Proposes Listing Taiwanese Humpback Dolphin as Endangered
Monday, June 26, 2017
Washington, DC —The National Marine Fisheries Service today proposed listing the Taiwanese humpback dolphin (also known as the Taiwanese white dolphin), Sousa chinensis taiwanensis , as endangered, determining that the subspecies has a high risk...
Lawsuit Filed Against Federal Wildlife Services in Northern California
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Conservationists sued the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services today over its wildlife-killing program in Northern California. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, seeks updated environmental analysis of the program’s killing of...
Groups Seek Immediate Ban on Use of M-44 ‘Cyanide Bombs’ in Wyoming
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
A coalition of conservation and wildlife organizations today formally petitioned the Wildlife Services program of the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for an immediate ban on the use of...
Groups Seek to Protect Imperiled Vaquita Porpoises Through US Ban on Imports of Mexican Seafood Caught with Dangerous Nets
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Conservation groups petitioned the US National Marine Fisheries Service today to ban imports of seafood caught with gillnets in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California in an effort to save the critically endangered vaquita porpoise.
Statement in Response to Second Delay of Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), and Farm Forward implore the USDA to implement the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule without delay.
Graphic Novel on Ivory Trade Distributed to Schools in China
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) announced today the publication of A Dangerous Life, their graphic novel on the global ivory trade and its deadly toll on elephants, in Chinese...
Animal Welfare Advocates Criticize Proposal Allowing Killing of Animals by Live Burial, Baking
Thursday, April 13, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) today criticized guidelines proposed by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) that permit the use of inhumane killing...
New Report Examines Humane Slaughter Enforcement at Federal, State Level
Thursday, April 06, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) released today a new report, “Humane Slaughter Update: Federal and State Oversight of the Welfare of Farm Animals at Slaughter.” Key findings of the report—which examines Humane Methods of Slaughter...
Whale Protection Advocates Condemn Start of Norwegian Whale Hunt
Monday, April 03, 2017
A coalition of international whale protection organizations today strongly condemned the start of Norway’s 2017 whaling season, which began on April 1. The coalition believes the hunt could result in the cruel slaughter of up...
US Consumers, Seafood Companies Urged to Boycott Mexican Shrimp to Save Vaquita Porpoise
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Campaign highlights need for Mexico to take emergency action Boston, MA— Conservation organizations today announced a boycott of all shrimp caught in Mexico to pressure Mexican officials to save the endangered vaquita, the world’s smallest...
Complaint Filed Against Arkansas Roadside Zoo for Appalling, Dangerous Conditions
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) revealed today that the US Department of Agriculture filed a complaint earlier this year against Wild Wilderness, Inc., a notorious Arkansas tourist attraction operated by the Wilmoth family that exhibits...
USDA Website Blackout Capitulation to Walking Horse Industry
Thursday, February 09, 2017
A pending lawsuit supported by a potent segment of the walking horse industry appears to be the major impetus for the US Department of Agriculture’s egregious decision to remove untold thousands of online Horse Protection...
Report: Only 30 Vaquita Porpoises Remain on Earth
Thursday, February 02, 2017
Scientists announced this week that only an estimated 30 vaquita porpoises remain in the world. In a new report , the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA) recognizes that the extinction of...
AWI Applauds USDA for Improving Welfare of Animals under Certified Organic Label
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for releasing its final rule to improve the welfare of animals raised under the Certified Organic label.
AWI Statement in Response to Ringling’s Closure Announcement
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced it is shutting its doors in May 2017 after 146 years in operation, according to a January 14 press release from Feld Entertainment.
US House Leaders Introduce Federal Legislation to Prohibit Slaughter of American Horses
Friday, January 13, 2017
Federal lawmakers have introduced legislation to prevent the establishment of horse slaughter operations within the US, end the current export of American horses for slaughter abroad, and protect the public from consuming toxic horse meat...
Organizations Petition EPA to Halt Use of Deadly Predator Poison
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Five animal protection organizations submitted a petition today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), asking the agency to cancel its registration for sodium fluoroacetate, a pesticide commonly known as Compound 1080. Currently, the pesticide is...
AWI Statement in Response to Death of SeaWorld Orca Tilikum
Friday, January 06, 2017
Tilikum, the SeaWorld orca who changed the captive cetacean world when he killed his trainer, Dawn Brancheau, at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010, has died. He was approximately 36 years of age and the father of...