Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Key Court Victory for Vaquita
Marine WildlifeIn March 2018, AWI and allies filed a lawsuit in the US Court of International Trade to force the Trump administration to uphold provisions in the Marine Mammal Protection Act...
Chipping Away at the ESA
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeBoth Congress and the Trump administration continue their assaults on wildlife, particularly through efforts to undermine the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Several members of Congress have now packaged together nine...
CITES Censures Japan for Trading in Whale Products from an Endangered Species
Press ReleaseOctober 2, 2018Marine WildlifeConservation organizations today welcomed the news that Japan’s import and sale of sei whale products from its controversial “scientific” whaling program in the North Pacific has been censured as illegal...
800,000+ Public Comments Submitted in Defense of Endangered Species Act
Press ReleaseSeptember 24, 2018Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and 16 other conservation groups submitted more than 500,000 public comments to the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service,...
IWC Broadens Conservation Mandate, Rejects Japan’s Bid to Resume Commercial Whaling
Press ReleaseSeptember 14, 2018Marine WildlifeAs the International Whaling Commission meeting wrapped up this week, members voted on several key measures that will impact whales for years to come. Although the proposal for the creation...
Japan Must be Stopped in its Push to Resume Commercial Whaling Worldwide
Press ReleaseAugust 28, 2018Marine WildlifeAfter spending more than three decades slaughtering whales in defiance of an international moratorium on commercial whaling, Japan is proposing a package of measures at an International Whaling Commission (IWC)...
Report: 100,000+ Dolphins, Small Whales and Porpoises Slaughtered Globally Each Year
Press ReleaseAugust 7, 2018Marine WildlifeA shocking new report released today reveals that more than 100,000 dolphins, small whales and porpoises (small cetaceans) are slaughtered globally in hunts each year—many to be used as fishing bait. Most...
Court Orders Seafood Import Ban to Save Mexico’s Vaquita Porpoise
Press ReleaseJuly 26, 2018Marine WildlifeResponding to a lawsuit filed by conservation groups, the US Court of International Trade today ordered the Trump administration to ban seafood imports from Mexico caught with gillnets that kill the critically...
AWI Applauds Removal of Anti-ESA Provisions from Defense Bill
Press ReleaseJuly 24, 2018Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the members of Congress who successfully worked to remove anti-wildlife riders from the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The version of...
Animal Welfare Institute Opposes Administration’s Devastating Assault on ESA
Press ReleaseJuly 19, 2018Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute strongly opposes three proposed rules released today by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) that would undermine vital sections of the Endangered Species Act (ESA)....