Archive: News
New Analysis: Troubling Levels of Forever Chemicals Found in Norwegian Whale Meat
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation organizations are calling on the Norwegian government to expand...
NOAA Greenlights Gray Whale Hunt for Makah Tribe
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is disappointed with yesterday’s decision by federal regulators to issue a waiver of the Marine Mammal...
Bill Introduced to Require Data Collection Linking Animal Cruelty and Child Abuse
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act (H.R. 8733), reintroduced yesterday by...
New Survey: No More Than Eight Vaquita Remain
Only six to eight critically endangered vaquita may remain on the planet, the Mexican government announced last week in reporting...
BLM Gallops Ahead With Wild Horse Eradication Plan Amid Ongoing Litigation
Last week, Eubanks & Associates, on behalf of petitioners the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC), Western...
USMCA Council to Investigate Mexico’s Failure to Protect the Vaquita
After a two-year delay, the Council of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) voted unanimously yesterday to investigate Mexico’s failure to protect the...
New Research: Weak Enforcement of State Farmed Animal Welfare Laws Continues
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) released a new report today that documents how state-level farmed animal welfare laws continue to be minimally...
AWI Grants Support Humane Strategies to Manage Human-Wildlife Conflicts
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the nine recipients of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing humane...
House Appropriations Bill Sacrifices Imperiled Species in Favor of Politicking
The US House of Representatives is set to vote this week on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act...
UNESCO Keeps Mexico Vaquita Habitat on World Heritage ‘In Danger’ List
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee renewed its call today for urgent action to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise in Mexico. With...