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Marine Wildlife
New ESA Regulations Deliver Devastating Blow to Wildlife Conservation
Press ReleaseAugust 12, 2019Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeToday, the Trump administration released final regulations to gut critical Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections, just months after a UN report warned of “unprecedented” and “accelerating” global mass extinctions caused by human...
Shark Fins Remain on the Menu, Despite State Bans
Press ReleaseJuly 26, 2019Marine WildlifeAs Shark Week kicks off July 28, restaurants across the nation are contributing to the rapid decline in shark species by serving up soup made from shark fins, despite bans...
New Documentary on Captive Orcas Exposes Brutal Ongoing Trade
Press ReleaseJuly 22, 2019Marine WildlifeThe recent release of “Long Gone Wild,” a riveting documentary revealing the brutal truth about the ongoing trade in wild-caught orcas, highlights the intensifying controversy over confining cetaceans to barren...
Demonstrators Rally for Imperiled Porpoises at Mexican Embassy in Washington, DC
Press ReleaseJuly 12, 2019Marine WildlifeConservation and animal protection organizations rallied outside the Mexican Embassy today to call on the Mexican government to take drastic action to save the few remaining vaquita porpoises left on...
A Voice for Animals Contest Prize Winners Announced
Press ReleaseJuly 11, 2019Companion Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the Humane Education Network (HEN) announced the winners of the 2019 A Voice for Animals contest. The annual contest offers monetary awards to high school students age...
World Heritage Committee Designates Vaquita Porpoise Habitat as “In Danger”
Press ReleaseJuly 3, 2019Marine WildlifeThe UNESCO World Heritage Committee today approved an “in danger” designation for an area of Mexico that is the last-remaining home of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise and a fish called the totoaba. An...
AWI Welcomes Iceland’s Decision to Forego Whaling This Summer
Press ReleaseJuly 2, 2019Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is relieved to hear that no whales will be killed by Icelandic whalers this summer. In a June television news interview, Ólafur Ólafsson, a whaling vessel...
AWI Statement on Japan’s Commencement of Commercial Whaling
Press StatementJuly 1, 2019Marine WildlifeJapan faces international criticism and risks legal challenges as it launches a government-subsidized commercial whaling program to kill 383 whales this year with no international oversight. On June 30, Japan withdrew from...
Celebrities and NGOs Worldwide Call for G20 ‘International Whaling Intervention’ as Summit Host Japan Launches New Whale Killing Program
Press ReleaseJune 28, 2019Marine WildlifeCelebrities and animal conservation and welfare NGOs from across the globe are calling for an “international whaling intervention” to be staged at the G20 summit in Osaka as summit host...
Canada Prohibits the Captivity of Marine Mammals
Press ReleaseJune 24, 2019Marine WildlifeS-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, has received Royal Assent, making the historic legislation, which ends the public display of captive cetaceans, official Canadian law. After...