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AWI Scholarship Winners Lead Grassroots Efforts to Improve Animals’ Lives
Press ReleaseMarch 18, 2022Companion Animals, Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 15 winners of a scholarship designed to support high school seniors who are pursuing a post-secondary education intended to better the lives...
Five Years After “Cyanide Bomb” Injures Idaho Teen, Efforts Continue to Ban Deadly Devices
Press ReleaseMarch 16, 2022Terrestrial WildlifeThis week marks the five-year anniversary of an Idaho teen nearly being fatally poisoned by an M-44, commonly known as a “cyanide bomb.” The incident received worldwide media coverage and...
Long-Awaited Spending Bill Includes Wins for Animal Welfare, But Work Remains
Press ReleaseMarch 15, 2022All ProgramsThe $1.5 trillion federal spending bill, signed by President Biden today, includes vital wins for animals, such as right whales and horses, but also provides insufficient funding to implement the...
CITES Approves Totoaba Trade in Major Blow to Imperiled Vaquita Porpoise
Press ReleaseMarch 11, 2022Marine WildlifeThe Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) voted 9-5 Thursday to permit Earth Ocean Farms (EOF), an aquaculture facility...
AWI Fundraises for Animals Impacted by War in Ukraine
Press ReleaseMarch 9, 2022Companion AnimalsAs people around the world watch in horror at the devastated communities and swelling numbers of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is committed...
AWI Welcomes Introduction of Legislation to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales
Press ReleaseFebruary 16, 2022Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) for introducing today the Right Whale Coexistence...
AWI Is Alarmed by Another Beluga Death at Mystic Aquarium
Press ReleaseFebruary 11, 2022Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is appalled to learn that another beluga whale has died at Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut. The aquarium announced today on its Facebook page the death of a...
US Launches Trade Complaint Over Mexico’s Failure to Protect Vaquita
Press ReleaseFebruary 10, 2022Marine WildlifeUS Trade Representative Katherine Tai formally requested environmental consultations with Mexico today over its illegal fishing. Aimed at protecting the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, the request is the first step under the...
The America COMPETES Act Passes the House with Big Wins for Animals
Press ReleaseFebruary 4, 2022Marine WildlifeThanks to the efforts of many members of Congress who support animal welfare, the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 4521), a bill aimed at bolstering US innovation, passed the House of...
Greenland Must End Narwhal Hunt to Save Populations from Imminent Extinction
Press ReleaseJanuary 27, 2022Marine WildlifeNaalakkersuisut (Greenland’s government) must immediately cancel narwhal hunting quotas for Southeast Greenland or risk losing three populations of these whales forever, according to a letter delivered today to Prime Minister Múte Bourup...