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Equines
Amazon Faces Pressure Over Sale of Products Made from Donkey-Hide Gelatin
Press ReleaseOctober 16, 2024EquinesAnimal welfare advocates representing millions of people around the world gathered at Amazon HQ2 to hand-deliver over 370,000 petition signatures demanding that Amazon ban the sale of ejiao, a gelatin...
Animal Welfare in Upcoming Appropriations
Equines, Farmed AnimalsSpending bills for the 2025 fiscal year are shaping up in Congress, and AWI is working to ensure animal welfare measures are included. The Senate Agriculture Appropriations report includes first-of-its-kind...
Horseracing Safety Measures Survive Challenge
EquinesIn June, the US Supreme Court declined to take up a case involving a challenge to the oversight authority of the federal Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) by the...
Hoof Beats
EquinesEven an ardent equine enthusiast will likely come away with a new appreciation for the horse after reading Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History. Ambitious in scope, the book examines...
New York Urged to Protect Donkeys from Brutal Ejiao Trade
Press ReleaseSeptember 5, 2024EquinesToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and a dozen other animal protection groups and equine rescues urged New York Attorney General Letitia James to crack down on the sale of...
Wild Horse and Conservation Groups File Notice of Appeal to Challenge Court Decision Allowing Largest-Ever Eradication of Wild Horses
Press ReleaseAugust 16, 2024EquinesToday, a coalition of wild horse advocates, conservationists, and academics filed a notice of appeal with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in response to a lower court decision greenlighting a Bureau...
House Appropriations Bill Sacrifices Imperiled Species in Favor of Politicking
Press ReleaseJuly 22, 2024Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeThe US House of Representatives is set to vote this week on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 8998), a bill that severely slashes conservation funding for...
BLM Gallops Ahead With Wild Horse Eradication Plan Amid Ongoing Litigation
Press ReleaseJune 25, 2024EquinesLast week, Eubanks & Associates, on behalf of petitioners the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC), Western Watersheds Project (WWP), and others, notified the US District Court...
New HPA Regulations May Finally Hobble Horse Sorers
EquinesA historic win for equine welfare was achieved in May when the US Department of Agriculture finalized long-awaited Horse Protection Act (HPA) regulations to protect Tennessee walking horses from the...
USDA Takes Long-Awaited Step to End Inhumane Horse Soring
Press ReleaseMay 8, 2024EquinesToday, the US Department of Agriculture published a final rule to end the brutal practice of horse soring at Tennessee walking horse shows. The improved regulations, scheduled to take effect on February...