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AWI Welcomes Introduction of Legislation to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and...
AWI Fundraises for Animals Impacted by War in Ukraine
As people around the world watch in horror at the devastated communities and swelling numbers of refugees fleeing the Russian...
CITES Approves Totoaba Trade in Major Blow to Imperiled Vaquita Porpoise
The Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) voted 9-5...
Long-Awaited Spending Bill Includes Wins for Animal Welfare, But Work Remains
The $1.5 trillion federal spending bill, signed by President Biden today, includes vital wins for animals, such as right whales...
Five Years After “Cyanide Bomb” Injures Idaho Teen, Efforts Continue to Ban Deadly Devices
This week marks the five-year anniversary of an Idaho teen nearly being fatally poisoned by an M-44, commonly known as...
AWI Scholarship Winners Lead Grassroots Efforts to Improve Animals’ Lives
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 15 winners of a scholarship designed to support high school seniors who...
Despite Promises, Mystic Aquarium Imported Unhealthy Whales from Canada
As more details emerge about the deaths of two of the five beluga whales imported to Mystic Aquarium from Canada last year—and...
Update: AWI Fundraises for Animals and Their Families Impacted by War in Ukraine
As people around the world continue to watch in horror at the devastated communities and swelling numbers of refugees fleeing...
400,000+ Native Animals Killed by Wildlife Services Program in 2021
The US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program reported last week that it had shot, trapped, and poisoned more than...
Congress Introduces Legislation to Ban Wildlife Killing Contests on Public Lands
Fifteen members of Congress introduced legislation today that would prohibit organizing, sponsoring, conducting, or participating in wildlife killing contests on...