Archive: Companion Animals
Securing Funding for Animal Welfare Priorities
In encouraging news, both Senate and House fiscal year 2026 Agriculture Appropriations bills winding their way through Congress contain provisions...
Life After the Lab
Initiatives to encourage adoption or sanctuary placement of animals whose time in the laboratory has come to an end have...
Beagle Breeder Under Investigation
Ridglan Farms, one of two remaining US breeders of beagles for research (and the country’s second largest dog breeder overall),...
PAST Act Passes House
On November 14, by a resounding 304-111 vote, the US House of Representatives passed the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST)...
Closing the Book on 117th Congress
Two of the 117th Congress’s final pieces of legislation that made it into law included many provisions affecting animals—both positively and...
Birds in Pet Trade and Exhibits Gain Animal Welfare Act Protections
After 20-plus years and multiple lawsuits, the protections afforded by the Animal Welfare Act will apply to birds in the...
Advancing Animal Welfare Through Appropriations
AWI has been working with members of the House of Representatives and Senate to raise the profile of animal welfare...
Update on AWI’s Support of Animal Welfare Efforts in Ukraine
With the war in Ukraine now well into its second year, the level of destruction that continues to be inflicted...
Improving Animal Welfare Act Enforcement
In June, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) reintroduced the Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act (AWEIA; HR 3859)...
Helping Homeless People and Pets
Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Nancy Mace (R-SC) reintroduced the Providing for Unhoused People...
Latest AWI Quarterly Articles on Companion Animals
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AWI Awards Safe Havens for Pets Grant to Support Unhoused People and Pets in DC
In Program: Companion AnimalsThis Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased to announce a $15,000 grant to the Humane Rescue Alliance (HRA) to support...
Ejiao Act Reintroduced as Consumer Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Protecting Donkeys from Dangerous Gelatin Trade
In Program: EquinesToday, US Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) reintroduced the bipartisan Ejiao Act to ban the sale and trade of donkey-hide gelatin products in the United States;...
Titus Reintroduces Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act as New AWI Report Reveals Feeble Enforcement of Welfare Violations
In Program: Farmed AnimalsToday, US Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) reintroduced the Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act to improve conditions for livestock transported across the United States. The bill would...
On First Day Back in Session, Congress Urged to Protect Horses
In Program: EquinesAs Congress returned today from its August recess, thousands of Americans across the country joined a National Day of Action to call on lawmakers to...