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AWI Urges Etsy to Stop Selling Horsemeat, Donkey-Hide Gelatin
Press ReleaseDecember 17, 2024EquinesConsumers shopping on Etsy for the holidays may be shocked to learn that the online marketplace sells products containing horsemeat and ejiao (gelatin made from boiling donkey hides). Etsy should...
AWI Appalled by Iceland’s Plan to Hunt More Than 2,000 whales
Press ReleaseDecember 5, 2024Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is deeply disappointed by today’s announcement that Iceland’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries has issued whaling permits that could result in the death of more than...
Help Orphaned, Injured Bats and Support Vital Conservation Work This Bat Week
Press ReleaseOctober 22, 2024Terrestrial WildlifeAs Bat Week kicks off October 24, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is hosting its first-ever bat-tacular fundraiser to help organizations operating bat rescues, sanctuaries, and educational outreach programs promote...
Amazon Faces Pressure Over Sale of Products Made from Donkey-Hide Gelatin
Press ReleaseOctober 16, 2024EquinesAnimal welfare advocates representing millions of people around the world gathered at Amazon HQ2 to hand-deliver over 370,000 petition signatures demanding that Amazon ban the sale of ejiao, a gelatin...
“A Voice for Animals” Essay Contest Winners Channel Grassroots Advocacy to Benefit Animals in Need
Press ReleaseSeptember 19, 2024All ProgramsFrom exploring the impact of the critically endangered golden coin turtle on Hong Kong’s ecological balance and cultural identity, to spreading awareness about the mental health of companion animals to...
Pork Industry’s Challenge to Sprinkler Requirement Fails
Press ReleaseSeptember 18, 2024Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased that the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards Council has rejected an appeal filed by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and other national animal...
New York Urged to Protect Donkeys from Brutal Ejiao Trade
Press ReleaseSeptember 5, 2024EquinesToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and a dozen other animal protection groups and equine rescues urged New York Attorney General Letitia James to crack down on the sale of...
USDA’s Revised Food Label Guidelines Insufficient to Protect Consumers, Animals
Press ReleaseAugust 29, 2024Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is extremely disappointed by the revised meat and poultry guidelines released yesterday by the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Although the USDA...
Wild Horse and Conservation Groups File Notice of Appeal to Challenge Court Decision Allowing Largest-Ever Eradication of Wild Horses
Press ReleaseAugust 16, 2024EquinesToday, a coalition of wild horse advocates, conservationists, and academics filed a notice of appeal with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in response to a lower court decision greenlighting a Bureau...
Chimp Crazy Docuseries Highlights Urgent Need for Federal Ban on Pet Primates
Press ReleaseAugust 9, 2024Terrestrial Wildlife“Chimp Crazy,” the four-part docuseries premiering August 18 on HBO Max, aims to expose the dangerous and cruel trade in primates as pets that has destroyed lives — both human...