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US House of Representatives Passes Controversial Bill Aimed at Gutting Wildlife Protections
Monday, February 29, 2016
On Friday, the US House of Representatives passed the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act of 2015 (H.R. 2406)—a sweeping pro-trophy hunting and trapping bill—by a largely partisan vote of 242 to 161. The...
Disappearance of Goats, Rabbits at Santa Cruz Biotechnology Raises Questions About Facility's Future
Friday, February 19, 2016
A recently released United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection report from January 2016 discloses that Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. (SCBT), one of the world’s largest producers of animal-derived research antibodies, has eliminated its entire...
North Carolina Landowners Express Support for Recovery of Endangered Red Wolves
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Private landowners in the five counties of North Carolina where red wolves roam signed a petition, sent today to U.S Fish and Wildlife Service director Dan Ashe, expressing their support for keeping endangered red wolves...
AWI Expresses Disappointment over SeaWorld's Lawsuit against California Coastal Commission Orca Decision
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is disappointed to learn that SeaWorld San Diego has filed a lawsuit against the State of California, challenging an October 8 decision by the California Coastal Commission (CCC). The CCC...
Investigation Sheds Light on Deception of "Free Range" Poultry Labels
Thursday, December 17, 2015
As consumers hit supermarkets this month to prepare for holiday gatherings, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today issued results from its investigation of approximately 90 brand-name poultry products. The results, presented in a report entitled...
AWI Commends Animal Protection Measures in FY2016 Omnibus Spending Bill
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Two and a half months after the start of the 2016 fiscal year and after several short-term extensions, the US Congress released early this morning the federal budget funding the government through September 30, 2016...
USFWS Warned of Lawsuit for Failing to Protect World's Smallest Sloth
Thursday, December 10, 2015
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) notified the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) today of its intent to sue the agency for failing to make a timely 12-month finding, as required by the Endangered Species...
China's Captive Cetacean Industry Exposed in Unprecedented Report
Tuesday, December 08, 2015
The China Cetacean Alliance (CCA), a coalition of international and Chinese animal welfare organizations officially launched at a media event in Beijing last week, issued an unprecedented report on the captive cetacean industry in mainland...
Conservation Organizations Protest Japan's Security Council Seat
Monday, December 07, 2015
Responding to the United Nations’ recent decision to award Japan a much coveted non-permanent seat on the Security Council, 65 conservation and animal protection organizations opposed to Japan’s commercial whaling are protesting to UN Secretary...
Conservation Groups Launch Campaign to Save World's Only Red Wolves
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Conservation organizations launched an online campaign this week entitled “The Truth about Red Wolves,” aimed at building support for the dwindling population of the world’s only wild red wolves in North Carolina. The campaign is...
Conservation Groups Call for Veto of Extinction Riders
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
More than 150 conservation groups have signed a letter to President Obama asking him to oppose all policy “riders” that would undermine the Endangered Species Act during negotiations on final spending legislation for Fiscal Year...
Conservation Groups Take US Fish & Wildlife Service to Court for Failures to Protect the World's Only Wild Red Wolves
Friday, November 13, 2015
Conservation groups filed a complaint late yesterday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for its failure to protect the world’s only...
Navy Rethinks Pacific Training that Endangers Whales, Dolphins and Other Marine Life
Thursday, November 12, 2015
The US Navy today said it plans to prepare a new environmental impact statement for training and testing exercises in the Pacific Ocean from December 2018 onward, including the use of sonar and explosives that...
Rep. Schiff to Introduce ORCA Act to Phase Out Display of Captive Killer Whales
Friday, November 06, 2015
At a press conference on Friday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that he will introduce the Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement (ORCA) Act. This landmark legislation would phase out the captivity of orcas so that...
Twenty-Five Senators Sign Letter Urging President Obama to Protect Endangered Species
Thursday, November 05, 2015
A quarter of the US Senate signed a letter to President Obama urging him to veto any spending bills that include politically motivated riders targeting endangered and threatened species. As the letter notes, the “extinction...
Inspector General Gives Free Pass to USDA's "Killing Program"
Thursday, October 15, 2015
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) program charged with resolving wildlife conflicts—but that perversely is responsible for killing millions of animals each year in the United States—received carte blanche from the USDA Office of Inspector...
Seafood Giant Actively Involved in Largest Fin Whale Hunt Since Commercial Whaling Ban
Friday, October 02, 2015
Iceland’s controversial fin whale hunt has now ended with a catch of 155 endangered fin whales, the largest slaughter since the 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling. New evidence obtained on the ground by the Environmental...
Record Numbers Convene for 2015 Homes for Horses Coalition Conference
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Leading equine rescues and sanctuaries from across the country gathered in Irving, Texas, on September 25 and 26 for the 2015 Homes for Horses Coalition conference. The only national conference for horse rescues and sanctuaries...
Federal Court Affirms Denial of Russian Beluga Import for Georgia Aquarium
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
A federal court today affirmed the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) denial of Georgia Aquarium’s application for a permit under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to import 18 beluga whales from Russia’s Sea of...
Organizations Join Fight to Halt Florida's Black Bear Hunt
Friday, September 25, 2015
Local, state and national animal protection and environmental organizations filed a “friend of the court” brief today in support of a lawsuit to stop the impending trophy hunt of Florida black bears, an iconic and...