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New Recovery Plan Seeks to Ward Off Extinction of Taiwanese White Dolphin
Press ReleaseNovember 15, 2019Marine WildlifeThe Taiwanese government must act quickly to ban gill and trammel nets and stop development from further degrading the habitat of the critically endangered Taiwanese white dolphin, according to a...
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act Would Benefit Wildlife, People, Pets
Press ReleaseNovember 15, 2019Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) for reintroducing the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act today. This bill would prohibit the possession or use of body-gripping...
Mystic Aquarium Does Not Need to Import Belugas to Conduct Research
Press ReleaseNovember 14, 2019Animals in Laboratories, Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and a coalition of environmental and animal protection organizations strongly oppose Mystic Aquarium’s unprecedented request to import five captive-born beluga whales from Canada for scientific...
Animal Welfare Institute Funds Original Research on Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Press ReleaseNovember 12, 2019Terrestrial WildlifeToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced the six recipients of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing innovative, less intrusive wildlife study techniques and more humane methods of...
“Humanely Raised” Thanksgiving Turkey? USDA Ignores Deceptive Welfare Labels
Press ReleaseNovember 6, 2019Farmed AnimalsAs families across the country begin planning their Thanksgiving feasts, consumers interested in purchasing higher-welfare or sustainably raised turkeys will be confronted with a slew of misleading labels sanctioned by...
Veterinarians Call on BLM to Abandon Barbaric Surgical Sterilization Experiments on Wild Horses
Press ReleaseOctober 28, 2019EquinesNearly 80 veterinarians from across the United States delivered a letter to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt today condemning the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed surgical sterilization experiments on wild horses from the...
ProTECT Act Would Ban Trophy Imports & Domestic Sport Hunting of At-Risk Species
Press ReleaseOctober 23, 2019Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA), and Peter King (R-NY) for reintroducing today the Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies Act (ProTECT...
New Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Risky Sterilization Experiments on Wild Horses
Press ReleaseOctober 15, 2019EquinesSeventy-seven percent of Americans are opposed to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) proposed surgical sterilization experiments on wild horses, according to a newly released survey. The survey of more...
Senate Bills Introduced to Keep Primates and Big Cats Out of the Pet Trade
Press ReleaseOctober 1, 2019Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) supports the recent Senate reintroduction of the Captive Primate Safety Act (CPSA) and the Big Cat Public Safety Act (BCPSA), both sponsored by Sen. Richard...
House Natural Resources Committee Passes Bills to Protect Big Cats, Sharks, Species Killed for Sport
Press ReleaseSeptember 18, 2019Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the House Natural Resources Committee, under the leadership of Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), for passing bills today to protect big cats, sharks and wild...