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USDA Inspector General’s Audit Finds Flagrant, Chronic Abuse of Horses
Press ReleaseNovember 4, 2010EquinesThe US Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report highlighting serious shortcomings in enforcement of the Horse Protection Act—shortcomings that have permitted widespread abuse of show horses. The...
USDA Urged to Toughen Penalties for Humane Slaughter Violations
Press ReleaseOctober 1, 2010Farmed AnimalsA new report by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)—Humane Slaughter Update: Comparing State and Federal Enforcement of Humane Slaughter Laws— indicates that, more than two years after the shocking depiction of inhumane...
AWI Joins Forces with Shelters and Rescue Organizations
Press ReleaseSeptember 18, 2010Companion AnimalsAn enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after...
SeaWorld Slammed for Role in Whale Trainer Death
Press ReleaseAugust 24, 2010Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the finding by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that SeaWorld of Florida LLC willfully violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act of...
Congress Must Act Now to Prevent Reckless Government Agency from Imperiling Survival of America’s Wild Horses and Burros
Press ReleaseAugust 2, 2010EquinesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), along with leading Members of Congress, numerous wild horse advocacy organizations and the majority of Americans, is exceedingly frustrated with the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM)...
House Committee on Transportation Unanimously Approves a Bill to Ban Hauling Horses on Double Deck Trailers
Press ReleaseJuly 29, 2010EquinesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds Chairman James Oberstar (D-MN), of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for bringing the Horse Transportation Safety Act (H.R. 305) before his Committee and...
House Overwhelmingly Approves Bill to Ban Animal Crush Videos
Press ReleaseJuly 21, 2010Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute commends the US House of Representatives for its overwhelming bipartisan vote today—416-3—in favor of H.R. 5566, a bill to outlaw trafficking in “crush videos,” a particularly depraved product...
Wild Horse Advocates Call for Suspension of All Summer Roundups, Full Transparency in Agency Operations
Press ReleaseJuly 13, 2010EquinesPhilanthropist and businesswoman Madeleine Pickens was joined today by the ASPCA, the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, the Animal Welfare Institute and many other organizations expressing their outrage over the...
BP Agrees to Measures to Prevent Burning of Endangered Sea Turtles
Press ReleaseJuly 2, 2010Marine WildlifeBP and the United States Coast Guard, defendants in a lawsuit filed by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation groups, agreed today to measures designed...
The Animal Welfare Institute Files Suit Against BP for Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive
Press ReleaseJune 30, 2010Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation organizations have filed suit in federal court today against British Petroleum America, Inc., British Petroleum Exploration & Production and...