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President Biden Declines to Embargo Products from Mexico for Vaquita Violation
Press ReleaseJuly 18, 2023Endangered Species, Marine WildlifePresident Biden announced yesterday that he will not embargo products from Mexico despite its failure to halt the illegal wildlife trade threatening the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. The decision responds to the...
New York to Become Ninth State to End Wildlife Killing Contests
Press ReleaseJune 29, 2023Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the New York legislature for recently passing a bill to ban wildlife killing contests. Wildlife killing contests are organized competitive events in which participants kill...
AWI Files Federal Complaint After Baylor’s Failure to Protect Rats in Undergraduate Course
Press ReleaseJune 27, 2023Animals in LaboratoriesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has filed a complaint with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), raising significant issues about Baylor University’s mistreatment of rats in an undergraduate Learning & Behavior Lab...
AWI Welcomes Halt to Iceland’s Whaling Season Due to Welfare Concerns
Press ReleaseJune 20, 2023Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes Iceland’s decision Monday to stop fin whale hunting until August 31, 2023. Svandís Svavarsdóttir, Iceland’s minister of food, agriculture and fisheries, based her decision on...
As Bird Flu Infections Persist, Producers Must Develop Emergency Plans to Minimize Animal Suffering
Press ReleaseJune 15, 2023Farmed AnimalsToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) petitioned the US Department of Agriculture to change its animal disease regulations to require that producers have in place audited emergency response plans, including strategies to...
Animal Welfare Groups Commend US Senators for Reintroducing Legislation to End Horse Slaughter
Press ReleaseJune 16, 2023EquinesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection organizations applaud today’s reintroduction in the US Senate of the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act (S. 2037/H.R. 3475). This bill...
Bill Reintroduced to Ban Deadly “Cyanide Bombs” on Public Lands
Press ReleaseJune 14, 2023Terrestrial WildlifeA bill reintroduced today by US Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Steve Cohen (D-TN), and US Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) seeks to ban the use of wildlife-killing M-44 devices, commonly...
USDA Announces Plans to Strengthen Substantiation of Animal-Raising Claims on Meat and Poultry Product Labels
Press ReleaseJune 14, 2023Farmed AnimalsThe US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that it will soon take steps to improve its label approval program for meat and poultry products...
US-Funded Experiment Kills Minke Whale in Northern Norway
Press ReleaseJune 7, 2023Marine WildlifeA controversial US-backed research study that aimed to capture whales in northern Norway and test how they would respond to ocean noise has resulted in the death of a minke...
Bill Reintroduced to Strengthen Vital Protections under the Animal Welfare Act
Press ReleaseJune 7, 2023Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes the reintroduction today of the Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act (AWEIA) by Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Nancy Mace (R-SC). This bill (H.R.3859) would...