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AWI Issues Second Letter to Trump, Urging End to Trophy Imports of African Species
In a letter issued today to President Donald Trump, Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) president Cathy Liss advocated for a permanent ban on...
AWI Statement: USDA Withdrawal of Organic Rule Leaves Millions of Farm Animals Vulnerable
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) finalized plans this week to withdraw the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule. The...
AWI Joins 95 Organizations Urging Canada to Close Domestic Elephant Ivory Trade
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) joined 95 Canadian and international conservationists, scientists, politicians and animal welfare organizations in a letter...
Lawsuit Demands Ban on Mexican Shrimp, Other Seafood to Save Vanishing Porpoise
Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today for failing to follow federal law and ban shrimp and other seafood imported from...
AWI Statement: Fiscal Year 2018 Spending Bill a Win for Animals
The Fiscal Year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill was signed today by President Trump. “We thank animal champions in Congress for their crucial...
Dr. Samuel K Wasser Receives Prestigious Albert Schweitzer Medal
Dr. Samuel K Wasser, acknowledged worldwide for developing noninvasive tools for monitoring human impacts on wildlife, was honored today with...
AWI Joins Lawsuit to Force USDA to Implement Organic Animal Welfare Rule
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today joined the Organic Trade Association (OTA) in a lawsuit against the US Department of...
House Farm Bill Draft Offers Good and Bad News for Animal Welfare
A mammoth 640-plus-page farm bill draft (H.R. 2) was released yesterday and is scheduled for committee action next week. According...
AWI Statement: House Farm Bill Doesn’t Do Enough for Animals
The House Agriculture Committee yesterday reported out its version of the 2018 farm bill (H.R. 2), legislation Congress must pass...
Campaigners “Don’t Buy” Whaler’s Effort to Distance Icelandic Seafood Giant from Fin Whaling
The Don’t Buy From Icelandic Whalers campaign, an alliance of 14 conservation and animal protection groups, has reacted with dismay...