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A Note from the President of AWI Regarding COVID-19
Press StatementMarch 25, 2020All ProgramsDear Members and other friends of AWI: As you know, coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading around the globe, and the human species is facing a pandemic unlike any the vast majority...
Final Spending Package Includes Monumental Victories for Animal Welfare
Press ReleaseDecember 17, 2019All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the US House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees for including monumental victories for animal welfare in the final Fiscal Year 2020 spending package. As...
Empower Future Leaders of the Animal Welfare Movement on #GivingTuesday
Press ReleaseNovember 26, 2019All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is looking forward to Giving Tuesday—a global day of giving. Giving Tuesday (December 3 this year) is a perfect opportunity during the holiday season to...
New Bill Aims to Strengthen Animal Welfare Act Enforcement
Press ReleaseAugust 29, 2019All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes the introduction today of the Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act (H.R. 4211), which would protect animals from unscrupulous dealers and exhibitors and close existing loopholes in the US...
AWI Commends Inclusion of Animal Welfare Provisions in HR 3055
Press ReleaseJune 28, 2019All ProgramsThe US House of Representatives passed HR 3055, an appropriations “minibus” that covers the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, and the Interior, as well as other departments...
A Voice for Animals Contest Winners Embody Hope
Press ReleaseJune 26, 2018All ProgramsFrom nursing orphan rhino calves in South Africa to helping to preserve endangered salmon in the Pacific Northwest, the winners of the 2018 A Voice for Animals contest show they not only...
AWI Statement: Fiscal Year 2018 Spending Bill a Win for Animals
Press StatementMarch 23, 2018All ProgramsThe Fiscal Year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill was signed today by President Trump. “We thank animal champions in Congress for their crucial work on this bill,” said Nancy Blaney, Animal Welfare Institute...
Organizations Announce 2017 A Voice for Animals Contest Prize Winners
Press ReleaseJuly 11, 2017All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the Humane Education Network (HEN) and the Palo Alto Humane Society officially announced today the winners of the 2017 A Voice for Animals contest. The annual contest provides high school students aged...
AWI Commends Animal Protection Measures in FY2016 Omnibus Spending Bill
Press ReleaseDecember 16, 2015All ProgramsTwo and a half months after the start of the 2016 fiscal year and after several short-term extensions, the US Congress released early this morning the federal budget funding the...
AWI Now Accepting Grant Proposals for 2015 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards
Press ReleaseFebruary 26, 2015All ProgramsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today that it is now accepting grant proposals for the 2015 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards. AWI’s Christine Stevens Wildlife Award program, named in honor of...