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IWC Report Emphasizes Enormous Value of Living Whales to Ocean Ecosystems
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was founded to regulate whaling. Today, it increasingly focuses on the value of live whales...
Indigenous-Directed Short Film Asks Interior Secretary Haaland to Return Federal Protections to Gray Wolves
Mexico Drastically Eases Enforcement in Vaquita “Zero Tolerance” Area
Mexico announced this week that it will ease fishing enforcement in the vaquita’s core Upper Gulf of California habitat at a time...
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act Would Protect Animals, Wild and Domestic
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressional Animal Protection Caucus Co-Chair Earl Blumenauer...
Rep. DeFazio Introduces Bill to Ban Deadly “Cyanide Bombs” on Public Lands
A bill introduced Friday by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) seeks to ban the use of wildlife-killing M-44 devices, commonly known...
USMCA Commission Urged to Investigate Mexico’s Failure to Protect Vaquita Porpoise
Conservation groups petitioned the Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC) today to investigate Mexico’s failure to enforce its fishing and trade laws. Mexico’s...
Petition Seeks US Protections for Atlantic Humpback Dolphin
Today, the Animal Welfare Institute and other conservation groups petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service to list the Atlantic humpback dolphin under...
USMCA Commission: Mexico Must Respond on Vaquita Enforcement Failures
Mexico must respond to allegations that the government failed to enforce protections for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, according to...
A Voice for Animals Contest Winners Inspire New Crop of Advocates
From shuttling India’s street dogs to veterinary offices to writing a children’s book about how plastic pollution harms marine life,...
Animal Welfare Groups Commend US Senators for Reintroducing Bill to Ban Horse Slaughter
Today, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers reintroduced legislation to permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States and end...