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Canada Urged to Expand Fisheries Closures to Save North Atlantic Right Whale
Wildlife and animal protection groups submitted recommendations today urging Canada’s fishery management agency to continue to expand protections for critically imperiled...
Analysis: Public Overwhelmingly Opposes Feds’ Plan to Nearly Wipe Out Wild Red Wolves in North Carolina
The proposal from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to remove protections from the nation’s only wild population of endangered red...
Federal Judge Stops BLM from Conducting Inhumane Horse Sterilization Experiments
US District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman today issued a preliminary injunction to stop the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)...
Court Stops US Fish & Wildlife Service from Jeopardizing Red Wolf Survival
Today, a federal judge issued an order declaring that the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) violated the Endangered Species Act and...
BLM Drops Planned Sterilization Experiments on Oregon’s Wild Mares
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it will drop proposed sterilization experiments on wild horses in Oregon,...
AWI Sues USDA Over Weak Label Requirements for Animal Food Products
Today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) sued the US Department of Agriculture for its unreasonable delay in responding to a 2014 AWI petition,...
25 Whale Biologists Urge Russia to Stop Capturing Wild Orcas
This week, a group of prominent whale and dolphin biologists from across the globe, including Dr. Naomi Rose of the...
Iceland Shipment to Japan Could Contain Meat from Rare Hybrid Whales
Conservation and animal protection organizations are calling on the Japanese government to prove that a shipment of Icelandic whale products...
Governor Inslee’s Task Force Abandons Mandate to Make Bold Recommendations for Orca and Salmon Recovery
The Animal Welfare Institute is gravely disappointed that some of the recommendations released today by the Southern Resident Killer Whale...
Make a Difference in the Lives of Rescued Monkeys This #GivingTuesday
November 27 is Giving Tuesday—a perfect opportunity to pause during the holiday season and contribute to a worthy cause. This...