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“A Voice for Animals” Essay Contest Winners Channel Grassroots Advocacy to Benefit Animals in Need
Press ReleaseSeptember 19, 2024All ProgramsFrom exploring the impact of the critically endangered golden coin turtle on Hong Kong’s ecological balance and cultural identity, to spreading awareness about the mental health of companion animals to...
AWI Scholarship Recipients
All ProgramsAWI is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s AWI Scholarship, helping students pursue career opportunities focused on improving animal welfare: Siraj Gandhi of New Jersey, who helped shut down...
Gearing Up for Next Year’s Spending Cycle
All ProgramsFor the upcoming fiscal year, beginning October 1, AWI provided members of Congress with a list of priorities covering the welfare of companion animals, farmed animals, marine mammals, and other...
AWI Scholarship Winners Display Ambition, Ingenuity in Protecting Animals
Press ReleaseMay 21, 2024All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 12 winners of a scholarship designed to support high school seniors who are planning to use their post-secondary education to better the...
US Spending Package Includes Multiple Wins for Animals, but Insufficient Funding for Major Welfare and Conservation Priorities
Press ReleaseMarch 15, 2024All ProgramsThe Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 4366) signed into law Saturday includes several important victories for animals, but falls short in a number of key areas, such as enforcement of the...
AWI Honors Prolific Animal Behaviorist Dr. Temple Grandin with Schweitzer Medal
Press ReleaseMarch 15, 2024All Programs, Farmed AnimalsDr. Temple Grandin, a world-renowned proponent of the humane treatment of farmed animals, received the 2024 Schweitzer Medal from the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) in a ceremony Thursday. For more...
“A Voice for Animals” Contest Winners Harness Multimedia to Save Dwindling Species
Press ReleaseJuly 24, 2023All ProgramsFrom documenting how tourist attractions intruded on the habitat of the Grand Cayman blue iguana, to discussing how post-pandemic housing insecurity impacts animals, the winners of the 2023 “A Voice for...
AWI Scholarship Winners Dream Big on Behalf of Animals
Press ReleaseApril 5, 2023All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 14 winners of a scholarship designed to support high school seniors who are planning to use their post-secondary education to better the...
Federal Spending Bill for Fiscal Year 2023 Delivers Mixed Results for Animals
Press ReleaseDecember 21, 2022All ProgramsAt long last—and with little time to spare—leaders in the US House of Representatives and Senate have released a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package for the remainder of fiscal year...
House of Representatives Passes Funding Bill with Numerous Wins for Animals
Press ReleaseJuly 21, 2022All ProgramsAnimals saw important victories in a bill (H.R. 8294) passed yesterday by the House of Representatives to fund the US Department of the Interior, the US Department of Agriculture, and other...