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House Moves to Protect American Horses Here and Abroad
Press ReleaseSeptember 19, 2011EquinesAs Congress heads into their busy fall season, Representatives Dan Burton (R-IN) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), along with 55 bipartisan cosponsors have reintroduced H.R. 2966, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention...
Endangered Designation Sought for Thorny Skate
Press ReleaseAugust 11, 2011Marine WildlifeToday the Animal Welfare Institute petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service to add the thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) to the list of federally protected species under the Endangered Species Act. Thorny skates...
Frog Leg Trade Decimates Species and Causes Ecological Chaos
Press ReleaseJuly 28, 2011Terrestrial WildlifeInternational wildlife conservation groups Pro Wildlife, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Animal Welfare Institute, issued a report today titled Canapés to Extinction: The International Trade in Frogs’ Legs and its Ecological...
US House of Representatives Takes Action to Protect Animals Against Cruel Traps on National Wildlife Refuges
Press ReleaseJuly 26, 2011Terrestrial WildlifeToday, Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) introduced legislation to end the use of brutal traps on furbearing animals within federal wildlife refuges. The Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, H.R. 2657, is intended to...
US Declares Iceland in Defiance of Global Commercial Whaling Ban
Press ReleaseJuly 20, 2011Marine WildlifeUS Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced yesterday in a formal declaration that Iceland is undermining the effectiveness of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) by hunting whales in defiance of the...
AWI’s 60th Year Honored by Congressional Animal Protection Caucus Leaders
Press ReleaseJuly 7, 2011EquinesSunday will mark the 60th anniversary of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI). In honor of this, the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus co-chairmen, Congressman Elton Gallegly (R-CA) and Congressman Jim Moran...
AWI Asks Retailers to Consider Animal Welfare in Choosing Meat Suppliers
Press ReleaseJune 29, 2011Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is encouraging grocery store and restaurant chains to monitor the animal welfare record of their meat suppliers and refuse to deal with any company that...
Senator Kirk Introduces Bill to End Inhumane Transport of Horses Via Double Deck Trailers
Press ReleaseJune 28, 2011EquinesLate Monday night, Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced The Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2011 (S. 1281) to ban double deck trailer transportation of horses...
GAO Study Wastes Time and Tax Dollars
Press ReleaseJune 27, 2011EquinesAfter almost two years and tens of thousands of tax dollars, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its report, HORSE WELFARE: Action Needed to Address Unintended Consequences from Cessation of...
Bill Takes Aim at Animal Dealers with “Atrocious Record of Illegal Activity”
Press ReleaseJune 21, 2011Companion AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute is pleased to report that Reps. Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ)—in an effort to protect companion animals from illegal use in laboratory experiments—today reintroduced,...