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CSU Withdraws from Barbaric Wild Horse Sterilization Experiments
Thursday, August 09, 2018
Following substantial public outcry, Colorado State University (CSU) announced yesterday that it was withdrawing from a joint plan with the Bureau of Land Management to conduct surgical sterilization experiments on wild horses.
Report: 100,000+ Dolphins, Small Whales and Porpoises Slaughtered Globally Each Year
Tuesday, August 07, 2018
A shocking new report released today reveals that more than 100,000 dolphins, small whales and porpoises (small cetaceans) are slaughtered globally in hunts each year—many to be used as fishing bait. Most of these hunts...
Forcing Wild Horses to Undergo Ovariectomies is Animal Abuse
Friday, August 03, 2018
Earlier this week, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) voiced their opposition to the Bureau of Land Management’s barbaric proposal to surgically sterilize wild horses using an experimental and...
AWI Outlines Farm Bill Priorities as Congress Begins Deliberations
Thursday, August 02, 2018
The conference between the US House of Representatives and Senate to work out their differences on the Farm Bill (H.R. 2, Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018), has formally begun with the naming of each chamber’s...
Animal Welfare Institute, Other Groups Urge Florida Governor to Reassign Raccoon Drowning Case
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
In a letter sent Monday to Florida Gov. Rick Scott regarding the Ocala teacher accused of drowning animals in front of his students, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, and the...
Legislators Voice Opposition to Fish and Wildlife Service Plan Jeopardizing Red Wolf Survival
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Twenty-nine state legislators, including 17 representing North Carolina, submitted a joint statement yesterday condemning a US Fish and Wildlife Service proposal that would decimate the population of red wolves in a designated recovery area of...
Court Orders Seafood Import Ban to Save Mexico's Vaquita Porpoise
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Responding to a lawsuit filed by conservation groups, the US Court of International Trade today ordered the Trump administration to ban seafood imports from Mexico caught with gillnets that kill the critically endangered vaquita porpoise...
AWI Applauds Removal of Anti-ESA Provisions from Defense Bill
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the members of Congress who successfully worked to remove anti-wildlife riders from the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The version of this bill that passed the...
Shasta County Suspends Contract with Wildlife-Killing Agency
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Responding to legal pressure from a coalition of animal protection and conservation groups, Shasta County officials have announced that the county will suspend its contract with the notorious federal wildlife-killing program known as Wildlife Services.
Animal Welfare Institute Opposes Administration’s Devastating Assault on ESA
Thursday, July 19, 2018
The Animal Welfare Institute strongly opposes three proposed rules released today by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) that would undermine vital sections of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The rules impair protections for...
Hybrid Blue-Fin Whale is Still Protected
Thursday, July 19, 2018
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) takes exception to comments included in recent media reports characterizing hybrid whales as neither important nor protected under law. Although “Whale 22”—the whale killed last week by Icelandic whaling company...
Nine New House Bills Continue All-Out Assault on Endangered Species Act
Friday, July 13, 2018
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) strongly opposes a package of nine bills, 8 of which were introduced today by a coalition of Republican representatives, that would collectively demolish key aspects of the Endangered Species Act...
Advocates Rally to Pressure Mexico to Protect Vanishing Vaquita
Friday, July 06, 2018
Conservation and animal protection organizations rallied outside the Mexican Embassy today to call on the Mexican government to take drastic action to save the fewer than 30 vaquita porpoises left on the planet. Advocates demanded...
New Senate Bill Undercuts Endangered Species Act
Tuesday, July 03, 2018
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is expressing vehement opposition to draft legislation, released yesterday by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), entitled the Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018. According to AWI, this bill would impose damaging...
UNESCO Ignores Vaquita's Imminent Extinction, Delays 'In Danger' Designation
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Conservation and animal protection organizations are alarmed that the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) today postponed an “in danger” listing for Mexico’s Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California World Heritage site—home of...
US Fish & Wildlife Service Plan Dooms Remaining Wild Red Wolves to Extinction
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced a proposal today to confine red wolves to federal lands—including a bombing range—within Dare County, North Carolina. Carrying out such a plan would doom the red wolf...
House of Representatives Deals Fatal Blow to Marine Mammals
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is deeply troubled that the US House of Representatives voted yesterday to pass H.R. 2083, the Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act. This legislation would amend the Marine Mammal...
A Voice for Animals Contest Winners Embody Hope
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
From nursing orphan rhino calves in South Africa to helping to preserve endangered salmon in the Pacific Northwest, the winners of the 2018 A Voice for Animals contest show they not only care about protecting...
Iceland Flouts International Ban to Slaughter First Protected Fin Whale of New Hunting Season
Friday, June 22, 2018
Conservation and animal protection organizations are horrified at the slaughter today of an endangered fin whale by Icelandic whaling company Hvalur hf in defiance of the international ban on commercial whaling.
Despite Overwhelming Support for Marine Mammal Protections, House to Vote on Bill to Expand Sea Lion Killings
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Americans overwhelmingly support comprehensive protections for marine mammals, according to a new poll commissioned by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Oceana and the Natural Resources Defense Council.