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Historic Win for Horses as House Passes PAST Act
Press ReleaseJuly 25, 2019EquinesIn an important victory for Tennessee Walking Horses, the US House of Representatives today passed the US Senator Joseph D. Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act (H.R. 693)...
New Documentary on Captive Orcas Exposes Brutal Ongoing Trade
Press ReleaseJuly 22, 2019Marine WildlifeThe recent release of “Long Gone Wild,” a riveting documentary revealing the brutal truth about the ongoing trade in wild-caught orcas, highlights the intensifying controversy over confining cetaceans to barren...
Nearly 2 Million Citizens Say No! to Stripping Gray Wolf Protections Under ESA
Press ReleaseJuly 16, 2019Terrestrial WildlifeNearly 2 million Americans, joined by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and a broad coalition of animal welfare and environmental organizations, have registered their opposition to a US Fish and Wildlife...
Senator Menendez Introduces Bill to End Exploitation of Exotic Animals in the Circus
Press ReleaseJuly 15, 2019Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the introduction today of the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA) in the US Senate. Sponsored by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ),...
Demonstrators Rally for Imperiled Porpoises at Mexican Embassy in Washington, DC
Press ReleaseJuly 12, 2019Marine WildlifeConservation and animal protection organizations rallied outside the Mexican Embassy today to call on the Mexican government to take drastic action to save the few remaining vaquita porpoises left on...
A Voice for Animals Contest Prize Winners Announced
Press ReleaseJuly 11, 2019Companion Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the Humane Education Network (HEN) announced the winners of the 2019 A Voice for Animals contest. The annual contest offers monetary awards to high school students age...
World Heritage Committee Designates Vaquita Porpoise Habitat as “In Danger”
Press ReleaseJuly 3, 2019Marine WildlifeThe UNESCO World Heritage Committee today approved an “in danger” designation for an area of Mexico that is the last-remaining home of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise and a fish called the totoaba. An...
AWI Welcomes Iceland’s Decision to Forego Whaling This Summer
Press ReleaseJuly 2, 2019Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is relieved to hear that no whales will be killed by Icelandic whalers this summer. In a June television news interview, Ólafur Ólafsson, a whaling vessel...
AWI Commends Inclusion of Animal Welfare Provisions in HR 3055
Press ReleaseJune 28, 2019All ProgramsThe US House of Representatives passed HR 3055, an appropriations “minibus” that covers the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, and the Interior, as well as other departments...
Celebrities and NGOs Worldwide Call for G20 ‘International Whaling Intervention’ as Summit Host Japan Launches New Whale Killing Program
Press ReleaseJune 28, 2019Marine WildlifeCelebrities and animal conservation and welfare NGOs from across the globe are calling for an “international whaling intervention” to be staged at the G20 summit in Osaka as summit host...