Archive: News
Graphic Novel on Ivory Trade Distributed to Schools in China
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) announced today the publication of A Dangerous Life, their graphic novel on the global...
Statement in Response to Second Delay of Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), and Farm Forward implore...
Groups Seek to Protect Imperiled Vaquita Porpoises Through US Ban on Imports of Mexican Seafood Caught with Dangerous Nets
Conservation groups petitioned the US National Marine Fisheries Service today to ban imports of seafood caught with gillnets in Mexico’s...
Groups Seek Immediate Ban on Use of M-44 ‘Cyanide Bombs’ in Wyoming
A coalition of conservation and wildlife organizations today formally petitioned the Wildlife Services program of the US Department of Agriculture Animal...
Lawsuit Filed Against Federal Wildlife Services in Northern California
Conservationists sued the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services today over its wildlife-killing program in Northern California. The lawsuit, filed...
US Agency Proposes Listing Taiwanese Humpback Dolphin as Endangered
The National Marine Fisheries Service today proposed listing the Taiwanese humpback dolphin (also known as the Taiwanese white dolphin), Sousa chinensis...
Feds to Analyze Wildlife Services’ Impacts on Endangered Ocelots in Arizona, Texas
Under a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Welfare Institute approved today in Tucson federal court, the US...
World Heritage Committee Gives Mexico One Year to Improve Protections for Critically Endangered Vaquita or Face “In Danger” Designation
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) today gave Mexico one year to improve protections for the only remaining home of...
Advocates Rally Outside Mexican Embassy for Vanishing Vaquita Porpoise
Local conservation and animal protection organizations rallied outside the Mexican Embassy today to call on the Mexican government to take...
Organizations Announce 2017 A Voice for Animals Contest Prize Winners
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the Humane Education Network (HEN) and the Palo Alto Humane Society officially announced today the winners of the 2017 A Voice...