Archive: News
Library of Congress Event Unveils Graphic Novel on Grim Reality of Ivory Trade
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), and the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of...
Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Puts Contract Renewal with Wildlife Services on Hold
One day after a broad coalition of national animal and conservation groups urged the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors to...
AWI Calls Attention to Animal Cruelty and At-Risk Youth at National Judges Conference
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is taking part next week in the 77th Annual Conference of the National Council of Juvenile...
Senate Rejects Harmful Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act
On July 10, the Senate failed to secure the required 60 votes for passage of the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act. This...
Effort to Gain Stronger Protection for Russian Belugas Moves Forward
Today the National Marine Fisheries Service announced a positive 60-day finding on a petition to designate the Sakhalin Bay-Amur River...
Animal Welfare Institute Response to Latest SeaWorld Press Release
The proposed expansions of the orca enclosures, while a small improvement from the existing tanks, are nonetheless inadequate to meet...
Fish and Wildlife Service Urged to Speed Protection for Bat Devastated by White-nose Fungal Epidemic
Two dozen conservation and animal-welfare groups sent a letter today urging the US Fish and Wildlife Service to complete its plan to...
USDA’s Controversial Wildlife Services Refuses to Help Endangered Ocelot
Today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and WildEarth Guardians (Guardians), represented by the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC), notified the United States...
UK and German Citizens Overwhelmingly Reject Iceland’s Commercial Whaling
A new poll commissioned by leading anti-whaling organizations, Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Humane Society International (HSI), International...
Governments and Retailers Must Act to Halt Iceland’s Slaughter of Endangered Fin Whales
A new report today calls for the international community and vested commercial interests to take tough action to end Iceland’s ongoing...