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Pressure Mounts on USDA to Enforce Animal Welfare Act
Press ReleaseJuly 21, 2020All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is grateful to Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) for continuing to pressure the US Department of Agriculture to adequately enforce the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), the...
New Jersey Barn Fire Kills 280,000 Hens; Poultry Industry Must Act
Press ReleaseJuly 21, 2020Farmed AnimalsA massive fire at Red Bird Egg Farm in Pilesgrove, NJ, Monday night killed an estimated 280,000 egg-laying hens, marking one of the most devastating barn fires in the United States this...
Aquariums Receiving COVID-19 Bailout Must End Cetacean Breeding
Press ReleaseJuly 20, 2020Marine WildlifeIn a letter delivered today to congressional leaders, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) of Earth Island Institute, Oceanic Preservation Society, and 16 other animal protection and...
NEPA Rollback Endangers Communities and Wildlife
Press ReleaseJuly 15, 2020Terrestrial WildlifeToday, the Trump administration finalized its overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), enacting new regulations that weaken this key environmental law. Unprecedented in significance and scope, these changes...
AWI Endorses Bill to Ban Lead Ammunition on Fish & Wildlife Service Land
Press ReleaseJuly 10, 2020Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) for introducing yesterday the Lead Endangers Animals Daily (LEAD) Act, which would prohibit hunters from shooting toxic lead bullets on...
House Votes to Ban Unsafe Horse Transport in Federal Transportation Legislation
Press ReleaseJuly 1, 2020EquinesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the US House of Representatives for passing the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA) today as part of a massive infrastructure package that was approved....
Ventilation Shutdown Used to “Depopulate” Farm Animals During Pandemic Causes Severe Suffering
Press ReleaseJuly 1, 2020Farmed AnimalsCOVID-19 has shut down, at least temporarily, dozens of pig, chicken, and turkey slaughter plants in the United States, leaving millions of farm animals with nowhere to go. Some producers...
Lawsuit Seeks Trade Sanctions Against Mexico as Vaquita Porpoise Faces Extinction
Press ReleaseJune 11, 2020Marine WildlifeConservation groups sued the Trump administration today to force a long overdue decision to sanction Mexico for its illegal fishing and trade that is causing the vaquita porpoise’s extinction. The US government...
Trump Administration Reverses Ban on Egregious Wildlife Killing Methods on Alaska National Preserves
Press ReleaseJune 9, 2020Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) condemns today’s decision by the National Park Service (NPS) to reverse a 2015 rule prohibiting unethical and unsporting methods for killing wildlife on the 10...
Safe Horse Transport Included in New Federal Transportation Legislation
Press ReleaseJune 8, 2020EquinesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends lawmakers from the US House of Representatives for including the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA) in transportation legislation unveiled last week. The HTSA would...