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AWI Statement: Extraordinary Reversal Protects Elephants, For Now
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke issued a statement late Friday night halting a notice in the Federal Register—published earlier that day—allowing the...
AWI Urges Trump, Zinke to Permanently Restore Ban on African Elephant Trophy Imports
In a letter issued today to President Donald Trump and Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) president...
Legal Notice Pushes US to Embargo Mexican Seafood Caught with Vaquita Porpoise-Killing Nets
Conservation groups filed a legal notice today pressing the US government to ban seafood caught from Mexico’s Upper Gulf of...
Japan Receives Pass for Illegal Whale Meat Trade at CITES Standing Committee Meeting
The Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) missed an...
Lawsuit Targets Fire Island National Seashore Park’s Lethal Deer Management Plan
The Animal Welfare Institute and Wildlife Preserves, Inc. filed a lawsuit today against K. Christopher Soller, superintendent of Fire Island National Seashore...
Over 82,000 Say “No” to Slaughtering Chickens Even Faster
A coalition of animal welfare, consumer safety, and worker rights organizations announced today that more than 82,000 concerned members of...
New Report Highlights Valuable Ecological Services Provided by Whales
A new report, released to the public today, reveals the enormous ecological benefits that whales and other cetaceans provide to...
Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration’s Failure to Act to Save Vanishing Porpoises
Conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration today for failing to respond to their emergency request to ban...
AWI Statement: Offshore Drilling Proposal Would Jeopardize Marine Life
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) joins the growing number of citizens and elected officials from both parties in staunch opposition...
Lawsuit Seeks to Uncover Why Government Is Allowing SeaWorld to Hide Orca Necropsies
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) filed a lawsuit this week against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National...