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Farm Bill Passes House in a Missed Opportunity to Help Animals
Press ReleaseApril 30, 2026Animals in Laboratories, Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed AnimalsToday, the House of Representatives voted 224-200 to pass the Farm Bill—the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567). In addition to continuing to utilize taxpayer dollars...
AWI Grant Helping to Expand Resources for Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Pets in Illinois
Press ReleaseApril 9, 2026Companion AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased to announce Oasis Women’s Center as the recipient of its 2026 Safe Havens for Pets Desert Grant to expand sheltering resources for the pets of...
House Ag Committee Advances Farm Bill: Companion Animals Fare Better than Horses and Farmed Animals
Press ReleaseMarch 6, 2026Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed AnimalsThis week, following deliberations over the course of two days, the House Committee on Agriculture voted to advance its version of the Farm Bill—H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National...
New Colorado Bill Protects Beavers to Reduce Wildfire, Drought Risks
Press ReleaseMarch 9, 2026Terrestrial WildlifeConservation groups joined Colorado state lawmakers Representative Lindsay, Representative Velasco, Senator Kipp, and Senator Cutter last week to introduce House Bill 26-1323, a first-of-its-kind measure that would protect beavers on...
AWI Awards Eight Refinement Grants to Improve the Welfare of Animals in Laboratories
Press ReleaseMarch 12, 2026Animals in LaboratoriesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today recognizes eight Refinement Research Award and Implementing Refinement Grant recipients who are working to improve the lives of animals used in laboratories across the...
Trump Administration Signals Potential Rollback of Lifesaving Protections for Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
Press ReleaseMarch 4, 2026Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today expressed deep concern following the publication of a Federal Register notice indicating that the Trump administration is considering weakening the 2008 vessel speed rule, one of the...
Colorado Bill Would Phase Out Heatstroke as a Poultry Depopulation Method
Press ReleaseFebruary 25, 2026Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes yesterday’s introduction of the Modernizing Depopulation Act in the Colorado General Assembly. The bill would establish Colorado as the first state to phase out...
Mexico’s Proposed New Regulations May Doom the Vaquita Porpoise to Extinction
Press ReleaseFebruary 5, 2026Endangered Species, Marine WildlifeMexico is on the brink of publishing new rules that will significantly weaken protections for the vaquita porpoise—the world’s most endangered cetacean—potentially leading to the extinction of the species. The...
Illinois Bill Introduced to Protect Public Health from Disease Risks on Fur Farms
Press ReleaseFebruary 3, 2026Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) lauds today’s filing of the Finding Urgent Relief from Vectors for Infection Risk and Unchecked Spillover (FUR VIRUS) Act in Illinois, which would implement crucial...
International Wildlife Trade Conference Secures Essential Protections for Imperiled Species
Press ReleaseDecember 17, 2025Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe international wildlife trade is a multibillion-dollar industry that impacts hundreds of millions of plants and animals. It is often fueled by unsustainable demand for imperiled species and their body...