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Ivory Trade Ban Essential to Save Elephants
Press ReleaseFebruary 11, 2014Terrestrial WildlifeAs world leaders gather in London on February 13 to attend a summit—hosted by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and attended by Prince Charles and Prince William—to confront the escalating...
US Declares Iceland in Defiance of Global Trade Ban on Whale Products
Press ReleaseFebruary 6, 2014Marine WildlifeSecretary of Interior Sally Jewell issued a formal declaration that Iceland is undermining the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)...
AWI Tells USDA that Long Island White-Tailed Deer Cull Violates Federal Law
Press ReleaseJanuary 28, 2014Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) put the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on notice Friday that the organization plans to take legal action regarding serious violations of the National Environmental...
Navy Training and Testing Activities Imperil Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles in Waters off Hawaii and Southern California
Press ReleaseJanuary 15, 2014Marine WildlifeToday, a coalition of conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, amended their complaint in a case filed in Hawai‘i federal court last month that challenges a 5-year plan by the US...
Congress Reinstates Annual Ban on Horse Slaughter
Press ReleaseJanuary 14, 2014EquinesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the US Congress for wisely reinstating the annual ban on the slaughtering of horses in its Fiscal Year 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Act released late...
Iceland to Ship Whale Meat to Japan via Norway
Press ReleaseJanuary 8, 2014Marine WildlifeDocuments obtained by the Washington DC-based Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) show that Norway has begun to play a key role in Iceland's massive exports of whale meat to Japan in...
AWI Seeks to Defend NMFS Decision to Deny Beluga Import
Press ReleaseJanuary 8, 2014Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Whale and Dolphin Conservation North America, Earth Island Institute, and Cetacean Society International have filed a motion to intervene in defense of...
Conservationists Sue to Stop Wolf and Coyote Killing Contest on Public Lands
Press ReleaseDecember 23, 2013Terrestrial WildlifeToday a coalition of conservation organizations sued the US Forest Service for failure to require permits and environmental impacts analysis for the advertised “Coyote and Wolf Derby” in Salmon, Idaho,...
Groups Seek Injunction to Halt Slaughter of Endangered Red Wolves
Press ReleaseDecember 18, 2013Terrestrial WildlifeA motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the unlawful killing of highly endangered red wolves caused by hunting in the Red Wolf Recovery area in North Carolina was filed...
Groups Seek Regulations for Humane Handling of Birds at Slaughter
Press ReleaseDecember 17, 2013Farmed AnimalsToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Farm Sanctuary, working with the Animal Law Clinic at Lewis & Clark Law School, petitioned the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)...