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Biden Administration Restores NEPA Regulations Critical to Battle Against Climate Change
Press ReleaseApril 30, 2024Terrestrial WildlifeThe White House Council on Environmental Quality released today its final phase II rule updating regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), our country’s basic charter for the protection of the...
AWI Awards Grants to Improve Quality of Life for Animals Used in Research
Press ReleaseApril 18, 2024Animals in LaboratoriesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased to announce the 2023 winners of the Refinement Research Award, which funds research projects that develop or test novel refinement methods, and the inaugural Implementing...
AWI Launches New Center to Track and Analyze National Animal Cruelty Data
Press ReleaseApril 15, 2024Companion AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has developed a new initiative to provide researchers with readily accessible animal cruelty data from across the country. The Center for the Study of NIBRS Animal...
USFWS Increases African Elephant Protections, But Misses Crucial Opportunities
Press ReleaseApril 1, 2024Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for releasing a final rule today that provides additional Endangered Species Act protections for imperiled African elephants. However, AWI...
Newborn Dairy Calves Endure Long, Grueling Journeys Across the United States
Press ReleaseApril 1, 2024Farmed AnimalsEvery year, the dairy industry sends hundreds of thousands of calves—as young as 2 to 3 days old—on highly stressful journeys of a thousand miles or more, flouting international animal...
Biden Administration’s ESA Regulations Restore Important Protections to Imperiled Species, But Don’t Go Far Enough
Press ReleaseMarch 29, 2024Endangered SpeciesThe Biden administration has released three Endangered Species Act regulations that reinstate some critical protections for imperiled species and their habitats, yet fail to reverse many of the dangerous rollbacks implemented by...
Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth Proposed for ESA Listing In Response to AWI Petition
Press ReleaseMarch 27, 2024Endangered SpeciesThe US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed listing the pygmy three-toed sloth under the Endangered Species Act in response to a 2013 emergency petition filed by the Animal Welfare Institute...
ProTECT Act Would Ban Trophy Imports & Domestic Sport Hunting of At-Risk Species
Press ReleaseMarch 23, 2024Terrestrial WildlifeThe Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies Act (ProTECT Act) was reintroduced yesterday, and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) for...
US Spending Package Includes Multiple Wins for Animals, but Insufficient Funding for Major Welfare and Conservation Priorities
Press ReleaseMarch 15, 2024All ProgramsThe Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 4366) signed into law Saturday includes several important victories for animals, but falls short in a number of key areas, such as enforcement of the...
AWI Honors Prolific Animal Behaviorist Dr. Temple Grandin with Schweitzer Medal
Press ReleaseMarch 15, 2024All Programs, Farmed AnimalsDr. Temple Grandin, a world-renowned proponent of the humane treatment of farmed animals, received the 2024 Schweitzer Medal from the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) in a ceremony Thursday. For more...