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Court to Monterey County: Animal-Killing Contract with Wildlife Services Violates State Law
Monday, August 14, 2017
The California Superior Court ruled last week that Monterey County’s renewal of its contract with the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program to kill predators and other native wildlife violated the California Environmental Quality...
AWI Urges Defunding, Closure of USDA's Meat Animal Research Center Following Appalling New Inspection
Friday, August 11, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is calling on Congress to permanently revoke all research funding of the USDA’s Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) in Clay Center, Nebraska. The request follows a July 2017 inspection report—newly...
AWI Statement: SeaWorld's Lack of Transparency Failing Science, Conservation
Tuesday, August 08, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal advocacy organizations issued an open letter today to Joel Manby, CEO of SeaWorld, requesting the release of Tilikum's necropsy (animal autopsy) report and his full veterinary records.
International Workshop Reveals Ecological, Economic Benefits of Cetaceans
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
A workshop held today at this week’s International Congress of the Society for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2017) revealed that the ecological services that cetaceans (whales and dolphins) provide to the planet may be the key...
Animal Welfare Groups Warn USDA Pig Slaughter Rule Will Risk Animal Welfare
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) condemn the USDA’s imminent plan to allow pig slaughterhouses to kill pigs at even faster speeds, making animals...
International Wildlife Journal Features Two Articles Authored by AWI Experts
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Two journal articles authored by experts from the Animal Welfare Institute(AWI) were recently featured in the newly released issue of the Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy (Volume 20, Issue 1, 2017).
Organizations Announce 2017 A Voice for Animals Contest Prize Winners
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the Humane Education Network (HEN) and the Palo Alto Humane Society officially announced today the winners of the 2017 A Voice for Animals contest.
Advocates Rally Outside Mexican Embassy for Vanishing Vaquita Porpoise
Thursday, July 06, 2017
Local 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...
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 to...
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 of extinction...
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 porpoise...