Archive: News

Lawsuit Seeks to Reduce Harm to Whales, Dolphins from Navy Sonar in Pacific

A lawsuit filed in Hawai‘i federal court today challenges the National Marine Fisheries Service’s approval of a five-year plan by...

Groups Seek Regulations for Humane Handling of Birds at Slaughter

Today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Farm Sanctuary, working with the Animal Law Clinic at Lewis & Clark Law...

Groups Seek Injunction to Halt Slaughter of Endangered Red Wolves

A motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the unlawful killing of highly endangered red wolves caused by hunting in...

Conservationists Sue to Stop Wolf and Coyote Killing Contest on Public Lands

Today a coalition of conservation organizations sued the US Forest Service for failure to require permits and environmental impacts analysis...

Iceland to Ship Whale Meat to Japan via Norway

Documents obtained by the Washington DC-based Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) show that Norway has begun to play a key role...

AWI Seeks to Defend NMFS Decision to Deny Beluga Import

The Animal Welfare Institute, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Whale and Dolphin Conservation North America, Earth Island Institute, and Cetacean Society...

Congress Reinstates Annual Ban on Horse Slaughter

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the US Congress for wisely reinstating the annual ban on the slaughtering of  horses...

Navy Training and Testing Activities Imperil Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles in Waters off Hawaii and Southern California

Today, a coalition of conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, amended their complaint in a case filed in Hawai‘i federal court...

AWI Tells USDA that Long Island White-Tailed Deer Cull Violates Federal Law

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) put the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on notice Friday that the organization plans to...

US Declares Iceland in Defiance of Global Trade Ban on Whale Products

Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell issued a formal declaration that Iceland is undermining the effectiveness of the Convention on International...