Archive: News
Horse Sense Prevails: House Committee Approves Bill with Ban on Double-Deck Trailer Transport
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased to report that the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, H.R. 7, approved...
Victory for Wild Horses in North Carolina
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the House of Representatives for unanimously passing H.R. 306, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection...
Big Cat Act Needed to Protect Felines and Families
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends Representatives Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) for introducing the “Big Cats...
Animal Welfare Institute Commends USDA for Posting Humane Slaughter Records Online
Last week the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) began posting on the agency’s website letters sent to slaughter...
The FBI Crime Report: Making Animal Cruelty Offenses Count
A very simple sad fact is that people abuse animals. It is hard for most people to fathom why anyone...
DC Mayor Vincent Gray Proclaims April 28th as Save the Frogs Day in the District
Mayor Vincent Gray has officially proclaimed April 28th, 2012 to be Save the Frogs Day in the District of Columbia to...
Celebrities, School Children, Citizen Advocates Gather at Capitol to Lobby for Permanent Ban on Horse Slaughter
As part of the “Horses on the Hill” event, celebrities, school children and citizen advocates joined Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.,...
Iceland to Resume Endangered Fin Whale Hunt
Conservation and animal welfare groups expressed concern today over news that Iceland’s endangered fin whale hunt will resume this summer....
North Carolina Wildlife Commission Adopts Unregulated Night Hunting
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Project Coyote expressed grave concerns in response to the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission’s...
USDA Helps Industrial Farms Claim Humane and Con Consumers
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today requested a USDA Inspector General audit of the USDA Process Verified Program, which certifies...