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Dr. Samuel K Wasser Receives Prestigious Albert Schweitzer Medal
Press ReleaseApril 10, 2018Terrestrial WildlifeDr. Samuel K Wasser, acknowledged worldwide for developing noninvasive tools for monitoring human impacts on wildlife, was honored today with the Albert Schweitzer Medal. This prestigious award, established in 1951 by...
Lawsuit Demands Ban on Mexican Shrimp, Other Seafood to Save Vanishing Porpoise
Press ReleaseMarch 21, 2018Marine WildlifeConservation groups sued the Trump administration today for failing to follow federal law and ban shrimp and other seafood imported from Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California and harvested with gillnets that...
AWI Joins 95 Organizations Urging Canada to Close Domestic Elephant Ivory Trade
Press ReleaseMarch 16, 2018Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) joined 95 Canadian and international conservationists, scientists, politicians and animal welfare organizations in a letter sent to the Canadian government this week urging the closure...
AWI Issues Second Letter to Trump, Urging End to Trophy Imports of African Species
Press ReleaseMarch 8, 2018Terrestrial WildlifeIn a letter issued today to President Donald Trump, Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) president Cathy Liss advocated for a permanent ban on imports of trophies of elephants and other imperiled species from...
AWI’s Dr. Naomi Rose, Other Experts File Amicus Brief in Support of Lolita
Press ReleaseFebruary 14, 2018Marine WildlifeA group of marine researchers and scientists, including Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) marine mammal scientist Dr. Naomi Rose, filed an amicus brief today in defense of Lolita, the lone orca who has...
240+ Conservation Groups Urge Lawmakers to Reject Anti-Wildlife Riders
Press ReleaseFebruary 7, 2018Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeMore than 240 environmental, animal welfare and conservation organizations sent a letter to House and Senate leadership today, calling on them to reject riders in Fiscal Year 2018 Interior Department and Environmental...
AWI Urges House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to Advance Animal Welfare Legislation
Press ReleaseJanuary 29, 2018Animals in Laboratories, Companion Animals, Marine WildlifeIn a letter issued today to US House of Representatives Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) urged the Majority Leader to advance animal welfare legislation in...
Organizations Call on Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to Improve Standards
Press ReleaseJanuary 24, 2018Marine WildlifeSixty-six marine conservation organizations, animal protection organizations, and leading academics recently issued a joint letter to Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) chair Werner Kiene, criticizing the MSC for its failure to improve the...
Animal Welfare Groups Warn Proposed Slaughter Rule Would Prompt Pig Abuse
Press ReleaseJanuary 22, 2018Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), and Mercy For Animals (MFA) condemn the USDA’s plan, released last week, to allow...
AWI Applauds Members of Congress for Opposing Trophy Hunting Council
Press ReleaseJanuary 17, 2018Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends 38 members of Congress for signing on to a letter to Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke requesting that the Department of Interior (DOI) not...