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Navy Rethinks Pacific Training that Endangers Whales, Dolphins and Other Marine Life
The US Navy today said it plans to prepare a new environmental impact statement for training and testing exercises in...
Conservation Groups Take US Fish & Wildlife Service to Court for Failures to Protect the World’s Only Wild Red Wolves
Conservation groups filed a complaint late yesterday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against...
Conservation Groups Call for Veto of Extinction Riders
More than 150 conservation groups have signed a letter to President Obama asking him to oppose all policy “riders” that...
Conservation Groups Launch Campaign to Save World’s Only Red Wolves
Conservation organizations launched an online campaign this week entitled “The Truth about Red Wolves,” aimed at building support for the...
Conservation Organizations Protest Japan’s Security Council Seat
Responding to the United Nations’ recent decision to award Japan a much coveted non-permanent seat on the Security Council, 65...
China’s Captive Cetacean Industry Exposed in Unprecedented Report
The China Cetacean Alliance (CCA), a coalition of international and Chinese animal welfare organizations officially launched at a media event...
USFWS Warned of Lawsuit for Failing to Protect World’s Smallest Sloth
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) notified the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) today of its intent to sue the agency for...
AWI Commends Animal Protection Measures in FY2016 Omnibus Spending Bill
Two and a half months after the start of the 2016 fiscal year and after several short-term extensions, the US...
Investigation Sheds Light on Deception of “Free Range” Poultry Labels
As consumers hit supermarkets this month to prepare for holiday gatherings, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today issued results from...