Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
AWI’s Statement on SeaWorld Ending Orca Breeding Program
Press StatementMarch 17, 2016Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute welcomes the announcement today by SeaWorld that it will end the company-wide breeding program for its orcas, which will lead to a phase-out of the display...
Eight Members of Congress Honored for Defending Wildlife, Endangered Species Act
Press ReleaseMarch 17, 2016Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeEight members of Congress were recognized yesterday by leading national conservation groups for their critical role in protecting the Endangered Species Act. The “Champions of the Endangered Species Act” reception...
APHIS Proposes Pitiful Rule for Updating Captive Marine Mammal Standards
Marine WildlifeFrom 1995–1996, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) conducted a negotiated rulemaking, bringing together stakeholders of varying viewpoints in an attempt to hammer out consensus language to...
AWI Hosts CITES Event on Endangered Vaquita, Totoaba
Marine WildlifeAWI co-hosted an event to highlight the plight of the vaquita porpoise and the totoaba fish during the January meeting of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species...
Grim Conditions for China’s Captive Cetaceans
Marine WildlifeOn December 4, 2015, the China Cetacean Alliance (CCA) launched a major campaign to raise public awareness of the suffering faced by the cetaceans held captive in China. AWI is...
Sea Pen Sanctuaries Assessed at Marine Mammal Conference
Marine WildlifeOn December 13, AWI’s Dr. Naomi Rose and her colleague Dr. Lori Marino of the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy conducted a workshop on sea pen sanctuaries for cetaceans, in...
USFWS Seeks to Reduce Manatee Protections
Marine WildlifeIn January, the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a reclassification of the West Indian manatee from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. AWI strongly opposes this proposal....
CITES Standing Committee Meets in Geneva
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe 66th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), held in Geneva, Switzerland, in mid-January, covered a wide...
Surprise Encounters with Artists and Scientists, Whales and Other Living Things
Marine WildlifeAWI presented the Schweitzer Medal to Scott McVay in 1973 to honor his work on behalf of the endangered great whales. McVay has long been in the thick of the...
FDA Clears the Way for Genetically Engineered Salmon
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in November 2015 that it had approved genetically engineered (GE) salmon for human consumption—the first such approval for a GE animal. Further, the...