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Avian Flu Outbreak Illustrates How Factory Farming Threatens Animal Welfare and Public Health
Press ReleaseMay 26, 2022Farmed AnimalsThe deadliest avian influenza outbreak in seven years has already claimed the lives of an estimated 38 million domestic birds, mostly through “depopulations” at infected, crowded industrial poultry farms. Faced...
Equine Industry and Animal Welfare Organizations Announce Collaborative Effort to Ban Horse Slaughter
Press ReleaseMay 17, 2022EquinesToday, a diverse group of equine industry and animal welfare organizations announced the “Final Stretch Alliance to End Horse Slaughter”—a collaborative effort to permanently ban the slaughter of American horses....
Update: AWI Fundraises for Animals and Their Families Impacted by War in Ukraine
Press ReleaseMay 12, 2022Companion AnimalsAs people around the world continue to watch in horror at the devastated communities and swelling numbers of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)...
AWI Partners with FOUR PAWS to Provide Crucial Aid for Animals in Ukraine
Press ReleaseMay 12, 2022Companion AnimalsAs the devastating war in Ukraine continues to upend the lives of millions of people and untold numbers of animals, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has partnered with FOUR PAWS International to...
Release of Highly Endangered Red Wolves into Wild Gives Hope to Renewed Conservation
Press ReleaseApril 12, 2022Terrestrial WildlifeFollowing a successful legal battle, conservation groups hope the recent release of nine highly endangered red wolves into the wild is the first of many steps by the US Fish...
International Environmental Authority Recommends Full Investigation of Mexico’s Vaquita Failures
Press ReleaseApril 11, 2022Marine WildlifeA key United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) body recommended a formal investigation today into Mexico’s failure to comply with its fishing and wildlife trade laws, which is causing the near-extinction of the...
Congress Introduces Legislation to Ban Wildlife Killing Contests on Public Lands
Press ReleaseApril 5, 2022Terrestrial WildlifeFifteen members of Congress introduced legislation today that would prohibit organizing, sponsoring, conducting, or participating in wildlife killing contests on more than 500 million acres of US public lands. The...
400,000+ Native Animals Killed by Wildlife Services Program in 2021
Press ReleaseApril 1, 2022Terrestrial WildlifeThe US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program reported last week that it had shot, trapped, and poisoned more than 400,000 native animals in 2021. The death toll included more...
Update: AWI Fundraises for Animals and Their Families Impacted by War in Ukraine
Press ReleaseMarch 29, 2022Companion AnimalsAs people around the world continue to watch in horror at the devastated communities and swelling numbers of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)...
Despite Promises, Mystic Aquarium Imported Unhealthy Whales from Canada
Press ReleaseMarch 28, 2022Marine WildlifeAs more details emerge about the deaths of two of the five beluga whales imported to Mystic Aquarium from Canada last year—and the ongoing illness of a third whale—the Animal Welfare Institute...