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USDA Inspector General’s Audit Finds Flagrant, Chronic Abuse of Horses
The US Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report highlighting serious shortcomings in enforcement of the Horse Protection...
Animal Protection Groups Concerned over Decompression of Chickens
A coalition of animal protection organizations have sent letters to more than 30 of the nation's largest chicken suppliers urging...
Groups Seek US Trade Sanctions against Iceland in Response to Escalating Whaling Activities
Nineteen conservation and animal welfare groups, representing tens of millions of US citizens, today called on the Secretaries of Commerce...
President Obama Signs the Shark Conservation Act! AWI Applauds Law to End Shark Finning
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased to report that President Barack Obama signed the Shark Conservation Act into law. Both the...
AWI President Cathy Liss to Speak on Animal Welfare at Research Symposium
On Friday, February 4, Animal Welfare Institute President Cathy Liss will give a presentation entitled “Informing Policy: The Responsibility of...
Coalition of Wildlife Conservation Organizations Praise Arcadia City Council’s Unanimous Decision to End $30K Annual Contract to Snare & Kill Resident Coyotes
A coalition of national and local organizations including Project Coyote, the San Gabriel Friends of Wildlife, the Animal Welfare Institute,...
AWI Accepting Grant Proposals for the 2011 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards
AWI is now accepting applications for its 2011 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards. This award program, named in honor of the...
USDA Urged to Adopt Rules to Ensure Animals for Export are Fit to Travel
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) have petitioned the US Department of Agriculture...
Animal Protection Groups Urge Iceland to Stop Eating Whales as ‘Taste of Iceland’ Opens in Washington DC
As celebrations begin for "A Taste of Iceland" in the nation’s capital this week, Animal Welfare Institute, Humane Society International...
AWI Welcomes Shark Protection Law in Guam
The Animal Welfare Institute congratulates Governor Eddie Baza Calvo of Guam for signing Bill 44-31 into law, prohibiting any person...