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Emergency Petition Filed to Save Plummeting Red Wolf Population

Conservation groups submitted an emergency petition today calling on the US Fish and Wildlife Service to take immediate steps to bolster flagging...

Groups File Notice of Intent to Sue to Protect Ocelots from Controversial Wildlife-Killing Agency

The Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Welfare Institute today filed a notice of intent to sue the US Department of...

Lawsuit Challenges Monterey County’s Contract with Federal Wildlife-Killing Program

Animal protection and conservation organizations filed a lawsuit today challenging Monterey County’s contract renewal with the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services—a...

AWI Statement in Response to False Online Petitions

Over the past few months, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has been the target of several online petitions, circulated on...

New Report Details Norway’s Efforts to Promote Whaling

Norway is now the world’s leading whaling nation, killing more whales in the past two years than Japan and Iceland combined. A...

Court Asked to Stop US Fish & Wildlife Service from Capturing, Killing Wild Red Wolves

Conservation groups late yesterday asked the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina to stop the US...

AWI Applauds Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act Introduction

Representatives Alma Adams (D-NC) and Nita Lowey (D-NY) have introduced the Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act (H.R. 5560), a...

Coalition, 120,000+ Supporters Band Together to Improve the Certified Organic Label

A coalition of animal, environmental, and consumer protection organizations submitted a joint comment today to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on...

Groups Demand More Aggressive Action From Mexico to Save Vanishing Vaquita Porpoise

Conservationists rallied outside the Mexican Embassy today to highlight the plight of the vaquita marina, the world’s smallest and most...

Half a Million People Urge US Fish and Wildlife Service Not to Abandon Red Wolves

A petition including nearly half a million signatures was delivered to the US Fish and Wildlife Service today, urging the...