Program Term Archive
Companion Animals
Shelter from the Storm: AWI Aids Animal Rescue as Hurricanes Pummel Virgin Islands
Companion AnimalsAWI isn’t usually involved in disaster relief and recovery, but when there’s a problem staring us in the face and we know we can make a difference, we act. It...
Leading Animal Protection Groups Urge USDA to Stop Practice That Keeps Animal Abusers in Business
Press ReleaseOctober 16, 2017Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute, the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF)...
Animal Abuse Prompts Pet Shop Shut Down
Companion AnimalsIn 2013, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman established an Animal Cruelty Initiative to focus on prosecuting animal cruelty crimes and protecting consumers from unscrupulous companion animal dealers. Earlier this...
Ohio Court Says Pets Are More than Property
Companion AnimalsThere is another addition to the growing body of case law acknowledging that companion animals are not mere property. As reported by the Toledo Blade late last year, Ohio’s 6th District Court...
Private Airlift Evacuates 300 Animals from Hurricane Irma’s Wake in Virgin Islands
Press ReleaseSeptember 19, 2017Companion AnimalsThree hundred and fifty cats and dogs from the US Virgin Islands, recently decimated by Hurricane Irma, were evacuated by plane early this morning. The Amerijet cargo plane—arranged by Virginia...
Happy Home for Rescued Beagles
Animals in Laboratories, Companion AnimalsIn 2010, nearly 200 dogs and over 50 cats were saved from a North Carolina animal testing facility, after an undercover investigation exposed callous treatment and even malicious abuse of...
USDA’s Cyanide Bombs Claim More Unintended Victims
Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeFourteen-year-old Canyon Mansfield was walking with Kasey, his Labrador retriever, near his house when he noticed what looked like a sprinkler head. Unwittingly, he touched it, causing an explosion that...
Neglect Leads to Death of Military Dogs
Companion AnimalsThe fate of dogs used by the military in combat situations (e.g., bomb sniffing) has long been an intense area of concern. Last year, President Obama signed into law a...
Veterinarians Can Help Fight Against Animal Abuse
Companion AnimalsThirty-one states either mandate or encourage veterinarians to report animal abuse, and most of these provide vets with immunity from civil (and sometimes criminal) liability for good-faith reporting. Moreover, the...
USDA Action Makes Horse Abusers Sore
Companion Animals, EquinesIn July, the US Department of Agriculture proposed a rule that, if finalized, would bring us closer to ending the egregiously inhumane practice of soring Tennessee Walking horses, racking horses,...