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Trial Challenging Wind Energy Impacts on Endangered Bat Set to Begin in Federal Court
Press ReleaseOctober 21, 2009Terrestrial WildlifeToday a groundbreaking trial began in Federal District Court in Greenbelt, MD (6500 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt, MD 20770) pitting a massive wind energy development in West Virginia against the critically...
Wildlife Advocacy Organizations File Motion to Stop Start of Early Coyote & Fox Trapping in Maine to Protect Imperiled Lynx from Deadly Traps
Press ReleaseOctober 14, 2009Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the Wildlife Alliance of Maine (WAM) filed a motion in federal district court in Bangor Maine today seeking a preliminary injunction (PI) to stop Maine’s early...
US House of Representatives Takes Action to Protect Animals From Cruel Traps on National Wildlife Refuges
Press ReleaseOctober 2, 2009Terrestrial WildlifeYesterday, Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) introduced legislation to end the use of brutal traps on furbearing animals within federal wildlife refuges. H.R. 3710, the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, which was...
Origins Natural Resources, Inc. Flip Over Dolphins
Press ReleaseAugust 31, 2009Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds skincare company, Origins, for abandoning plans for a swim-with dolphins prize at Cabo Dolphins in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Initially Origins had planned a...
House Passes Legislation to Restore and Strengthen Wild Horse Protections
Press ReleaseJuly 17, 2009EquinesIn a decisive move, the US House of Representatives today approved a measure to restore basic protections for America's wild horses and burros. Led by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick...
Animal Protection Groups Petition Federal Government to Regulate Dolphin Petting Pools
Press ReleaseJuly 6, 2009Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute joins The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and four other organizations today in filing a Petition for Rulemaking with the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and...
Federal Lawsuit Filed over Industrial Wind Project that Jeopardizes Endangered Bats
Press ReleaseJune 11, 2009Terrestrial WildlifeCharging that a massive wind energy project threatens endangered bats, the Animal Welfare Institute, a national animal protection organization, along with the West Virginia-based Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy and...
Bill to Restore Protection of American Icon Passes House Natural Resources Committee
Press ReleaseApril 29, 2009EquinesThe Restoring Our American Mustangs Act (H.R. 1018) today passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee. Known as the ROAM Act, the bill was introduced by Committee Chairman Nick...
Senator Kerry Introduces the Shark Conservation Act of 2009
Press ReleaseApril 22, 2009Marine WildlifeSharks may soon receive much-needed protection from finning, a practice by which their fins are cut off while the animal is still alive. Their mutilated bodies are then thrown back...
Homes for Horses Coalition Conference Held in Las Vegas
Press ReleaseApril 13, 2009EquinesRepresentatives from dozens of national and state-based equine protection, advocacy and rescue organizations gathered April 9 and April 10 at Bally's Las Vegas for the third annual Homes for Horses...