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Feds to Analyze Wildlife Services’ Impacts on Endangered Ocelots in Arizona, Texas
Press ReleaseJune 26, 2017Terrestrial WildlifeUnder a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Welfare Institute approved today in Tucson federal court, the US Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
Lawsuit Filed Against Federal Wildlife Services in Northern California
Press ReleaseJune 21, 2017Terrestrial WildlifeConservationists sued the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services today over its wildlife-killing program in Northern California. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, seeks updated environmental analysis...
Groups Seek Immediate Ban on Use of M-44 ‘Cyanide Bombs’ in Wyoming
Press ReleaseJune 13, 2017Terrestrial WildlifeA coalition of conservation and wildlife organizations today formally petitioned the Wildlife Services program of the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for an immediate ban on...
Groups Seek to Protect Imperiled Vaquita Porpoises Through US Ban on Imports of Mexican Seafood Caught with Dangerous Nets
Press ReleaseMay 18, 2017Marine WildlifeConservation groups petitioned the US National Marine Fisheries Service today to ban imports of seafood caught with gillnets in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California in an effort to save the...
Graphic Novel on Ivory Trade Distributed to Schools in China
Press ReleaseApril 18, 2017Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) announced today the publication of A Dangerous Life, their graphic novel on the global ivory trade and its deadly toll on elephants, in Chinese....
Animal Welfare Advocates Criticize Proposal Allowing Killing of Animals by Live Burial, Baking
Press ReleaseApril 13, 2017Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) today criticized guidelines proposed by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) that permit the use of inhumane killing...
New Report Examines Humane Slaughter Enforcement at Federal, State Level
Press ReleaseApril 6, 2017Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) released today a new report, “Humane Slaughter Update: Federal and State Oversight of the Welfare of Farm Animals at Slaughter.” Key findings of the report—which...
Whale Protection Advocates Condemn Start of Norwegian Whale Hunt
Press ReleaseApril 3, 2017Marine WildlifeA coalition of international whale protection organizations today strongly condemned the start of Norway’s 2017 whaling season, which began on April 1. The coalition believes the hunt could result in...
US Consumers, Seafood Companies Urged to Boycott Mexican Shrimp to Save Vaquita Porpoise
Press ReleaseMarch 16, 2017Marine WildlifeConservation organizations today announced a boycott of all shrimp caught in Mexico to pressure Mexican officials to save the endangered vaquita, the world’s smallest porpoise, from imminent extinction. The campaign launched three...
Complaint Filed Against Arkansas Roadside Zoo for Appalling, Dangerous Conditions
Press ReleaseMarch 14, 2017Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) revealed today that the US Department of Agriculture filed a complaint earlier this year against Wild Wilderness, Inc., a notorious Arkansas tourist attraction operated by the Wilmoth...