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Rebuttal to Georgia Aquarium’s Beluga Import Project Media Kit, Released on June 22, 2016
Press ReleaseJuly 20, 2016Marine WildlifeIntroduction On June 22, 2016, Georgia Aquarium announced that it will no longer acquire any cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) for its exhibits from the wild. Along with this announcement,...
UN World Heritage Committee to Mexico: Save Vanishing Porpoise or Risk ‘In Danger’ Status for Gulf of California World Heritage Site
Press ReleaseJuly 14, 2016Marine WildlifeAt its 40th session this week, the United Nation’s World Heritage Committee (Committee) directed Mexico to take immediate action to save the imperiled vaquita porpoise, or risk “in danger” status...
Half a Million People Urge US Fish and Wildlife Service Not to Abandon Red Wolves
Press ReleaseJuly 13, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeA petition including nearly half a million signatures was delivered to the US Fish and Wildlife Service today, urging the agency to fulfill its legal duty under the Endangered Species...
Groups Demand More Aggressive Action From Mexico to Save Vanishing Vaquita Porpoise
Press ReleaseJuly 7, 2016Marine WildlifeConservationists rallied outside the Mexican Embassy today to highlight the plight of the vaquita marina, the world’s smallest and most endangered porpoise, found only in Mexico’s Gulf of California. The...
Coalition, 120,000+ Supporters Band Together to Improve the Certified Organic Label
Press ReleaseJuly 6, 2016Farmed AnimalsA coalition of animal, environmental, and consumer protection organizations submitted a joint comment today to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on its proposed rule to amend animal welfare requirements under the Certified Organic...
AWI Applauds Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act Introduction
Press ReleaseJune 27, 2016Companion AnimalsRepresentatives Alma Adams (D-NC) and Nita Lowey (D-NY) have introduced the Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act (H.R. 5560), a bill that would curtail the use of steel-jaw leghold traps...
Court Asked to Stop US Fish & Wildlife Service from Capturing, Killing Wild Red Wolves
Press ReleaseJune 21, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeConservation groups late yesterday asked the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina to stop the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) from capturing and killing—and authorizing...
New Report Details Norway’s Efforts to Promote Whaling
Press ReleaseJune 13, 2016Marine WildlifeNorway is now the world’s leading whaling nation, killing more whales in the past two years than Japan and Iceland combined. A new report released today calls on the international community to...
Lawsuit Challenges Monterey County’s Contract with Federal Wildlife-Killing Program
Press ReleaseJune 1, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeAnimal protection and conservation organizations filed a lawsuit today challenging Monterey County’s contract renewal with the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services—a notorious federal wildlife-killing program that has killed more than 3,000...
Groups File Notice of Intent to Sue to Protect Ocelots from Controversial Wildlife-Killing Agency
Press ReleaseMay 26, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeThe Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Welfare Institute today filed a notice of intent to sue the US Department of Agriculture to ensure that endangered ocelots aren’t inadvertently killed as...