Archive: News
Conservation Groups Sue USFWS to Save Wild Red Wolves
On behalf of the Red Wolf Coalition, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Animal Welfare Institute, the Southern Environmental Law Center...
Help AWI Donate Books to Underserved Children on #GivingTuesday
Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving on December 1 this year, offers an opportunity for people around the world...
Lawmakers to BLM: Stop Barbaric Surgical Sterilizations of Wild Horses in Utah
Today, 58 lawmakers in both the House of Representatives and the Senate sent a bipartisan letter to the Department of the Interior...
New Report: USDA Continues to Tolerate Poultry Abuse at Largest Slaughter Plants
The US Department of Agriculture’s inadequate, haphazard oversight of the treatment of chickens and turkeys at slaughter has led to the widespread...
AWI Endorses Legislation to Ban Archaic Body-Gripping Traps
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes the reintroduction of the Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act yesterday by Representatives Alma...
House Passes Big Cat Public Safety Act to Limit Possession of Dangerous Big Cats
In the wake of the Netflix docuseries “Tiger King” and heightened public attention to the exploitation of captive big cats,...
1.6+ Million Farm Animals Died in Barn Fires in 2020
More than 1.6 million farm animals, including nearly 1.3 million cage-free hens, have perished in potentially preventable barn fires so far...
Trump Administration Finalizes New Rule that Weakens Endangered Species Act
Tomorrow, the Trump administration is slated to finalize a rule that further erodes the Endangered Species Act (ESA), one of...
In Waning Days, Trump Administration Releases Another Rule Undermining ESA
Only two days after finalizing a rule undermining the protection of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the US Fish...
Report: Tokay Gecko Among 10 Species Threatened by Wildlife and Plant Trade
Wildlife trafficking and the unsustainable wildlife and plant trade is a multibillion-dollar industry and a major threat to species in...