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Bill Introduced to Require Data Collection Linking Animal Cruelty and Child Abuse
Press ReleaseJune 14, 2024Companion AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act (H.R. 8733), reintroduced yesterday by Reps. Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) and Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ)....
New Analysis: Troubling Levels of Forever Chemicals Found in Norwegian Whale Meat
Press ReleaseJune 13, 2024Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation organizations are calling on the Norwegian government to expand testing of all whale meat sold for human consumption and...
Bill Introduced to Prohibit Interstate Transport of Vulnerable Livestock and Improve Travel Conditions for Others
Press ReleaseJune 11, 2024Farmed AnimalsToday, US Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) introduced the Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act to improve conditions for livestock transported across the United States. The bill would require federal officials to develop...
Japan and Iceland Approve Fin Whale Hunts, Despite Record Low Demand for Whale Meat
Press ReleaseJune 11, 2024Marine WildlifeToday, Japan and Iceland decided to allow each country’s last remaining whale companies to hunt fin whales, the second largest animal on the planet. Adopting the recommendations of a pro-whaling...
Big Money Talks in Fight to Save Endangered Monkeys from Extinction
Press ReleaseJune 5, 2024Animals in Laboratories, Endangered SpeciesThis month, a committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is scheduled to determine whether long-tailed macaques (LTMs) should continue to be classified as “endangered” on its...
House Bill Would Ban Wildlife Killing Contests on Public Lands
Press ReleaseMay 22, 2024Terrestrial WildlifeToday, more than 14 members of the US House of Representatives introduced legislation that would prohibit organizing, sponsoring, conducting, or participating in wildlife killing contests on more than 500 million...
House Farm Bill Draft Helps Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Pets, But Rewards Industries That Abuse Animals
Press ReleaseMay 22, 2024Companion Animals, Farmed AnimalsThe US House Committee on Agriculture will weigh in Thursday on the long-awaited, 942-page Farm Bill, a massive legislative package—reauthorized every five years or so—that serves as a key driver of...
AWI Scholarship Winners Display Ambition, Ingenuity in Protecting Animals
Press ReleaseMay 21, 2024All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 12 winners of a scholarship designed to support high school seniors who are planning to use their post-secondary education to better the...
USDA Takes Long-Awaited Step to End Inhumane Horse Soring
Press ReleaseMay 8, 2024EquinesToday, the US Department of Agriculture published a final rule to end the brutal practice of horse soring at Tennessee walking horse shows. The improved regulations, scheduled to take effect on February...
Captive Primate Safety Act Would End the Cruel and Dangerous Primate Pet Trade (2024)
Press ReleaseMay 1, 2024Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses yesterday’s reintroduction of the Captive Primate Safety Act (CPSA), which would end the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in the United States. Nonhuman...