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Marine Wildlife
AWI-Endorsed Legislation Advanced by House Committee to Aid North Atlantic Right Whale Recovery
Press ReleaseMay 1, 2019Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the US House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee for approving H.R. 1568, the SAVE Right Whales Act during their first committee markup of the...
Government Erred in Deciding to Grant Waiver to Makah Tribe
Press ReleaseApril 5, 2019Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is alarmed that the federal government has proposed allowing the Makah tribe of Washington to kill gray whales again. Yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
34 Marine Mammal Biologists Urge Putin to Release Orcas and Belugas
Press ReleaseMarch 18, 2019Marine WildlifeToday, a group of prominent marine mammal biologists from across the globe, including Dr. Naomi Rose of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), sent a second letter requesting that Russia release the...
Report: Only 10 Vaquita Remain, May Not Survive President Obrador’s Tenure
Press ReleaseMarch 13, 2019Marine WildlifeScientists announced today that only 10 vaquita porpoises likely remain in the world and that the animal's extinction is virtually assured without bold and immediate action. The vaquita, the world's smallest...
Desert Dolphinarium Shuttered for Now
Marine WildlifeDolphinaris, a swim-with facility in the Arizona desert near Scottsdale, opened with eight dolphins in October 2016. AWI and other groups alerted the proprietors and the public that housing dolphins...
Entanglement Is Grim New Norm for Whales
Marine WildlifeThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports 76 confirmed cases of large whale entanglements in US waters in 2017. Given the fact that whales can become entangled in areas far...
Japan Set to Leave IWC
Marine WildlifeOn December 26, Japan announced that it will leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC), ending its 65-year membership in the organization. In an associated announcement, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga...
New Field Test Could Help Foil Shark Smugglers
Marine WildlifeResearchers from Stony Brook University, Florida International University, and BLOOM Association in Hong Kong have developed what they call a “reliable, field-based, fast … and cost effective” protocol for detecting,...
Oil and Gas Exploration Wrong Move for Right Whales
Marine WildlifeThe Trump administration’s plans to expand offshore oil and gas exploration along the Eastern Seaboard spells trouble for the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale, of which only 450 or...
Rising Temperatures Cause Twofold Trouble for Green Sea Turtles
Marine WildlifeAmazingly, the ambient temperature around a buried green sea turtle egg influences the turtle’s gender. The warmer it gets, the more likely the baby will be female. Research conducted by...