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USDA Website Blackout Capitulation to Walking Horse Industry
Press ReleaseFebruary 9, 2017EquinesA pending lawsuit supported by a potent segment of the walking horse industry appears to be the major impetus for the US Department of Agriculture’s egregious decision to remove untold...
Report: Only 30 Vaquita Porpoises Remain on Earth
Press ReleaseFebruary 2, 2017Marine WildlifeScientists announced this week that only an estimated 30 vaquita porpoises remain in the world. In a new report, the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA) recognizes that...
AWI Applauds USDA for Improving Welfare of Animals under Certified Organic Label
Press ReleaseJanuary 18, 2017Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for releasing its final rule to improve the welfare of animals raised under the Certified Organic label. Dena...
US House Leaders Introduce Federal Legislation to Prohibit Slaughter of American Horses
Press ReleaseJanuary 13, 2017EquinesFederal lawmakers have introduced legislation to prevent the establishment of horse slaughter operations within the US, end the current export of American horses for slaughter abroad, and protect the public...
Organizations Petition EPA to Halt Use of Deadly Predator Poison
Press ReleaseJanuary 12, 2017Terrestrial WildlifeFive animal protection organizations submitted a petition today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), asking the agency to cancel its registration for sodium fluoroacetate, a pesticide commonly known as Compound 1080. Currently,...
AWI Sues USDA for Failure to Prevent Suffering of Animals at Slaughter
Press ReleaseDecember 14, 2016Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) late yesterday filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its unreasonable delay in responding to an AWI petition—filed in May 2013—to amend the...
Organizations Petition USFWS to Develop Updated Red Wolf Recovery Plan
Press ReleaseDecember 8, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeSeven animal protection and conservation organizations issued a petition today to the US Department of Interior (DOI) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) urging them to fulfill their...
Despite Serious Allegations, SNBL USA Dodges Significant Penalty from USDA
Press ReleaseDecember 8, 2016Animals in Laboratories, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) denounces the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its weak settlement agreement with SNBL USA—a subsidiary of Japan-based Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories that allegedly committed dozens...
Reward Offered over Killings of Two Endangered Lynx in Maine Grows to $19,000
Press ReleaseDecember 5, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeWildlife advocate organizations, including the Animal Welfare Institute, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Wildlife Alliance of Maine, are offering an $8,000 reward for information leading to convictions for...
Court to Consider Lawsuit Aimed at Protecting Canada Lynx from Trapping Deaths, Injuries in Maine
Press ReleaseNovember 2, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeA federal district court will hear arguments Thursday on a lawsuit brought by wildlife conservation and animal welfare organizations against the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for allowing trappers...