Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Governments and Retailers Must Act to Halt Iceland’s Slaughter of Endangered Fin Whales
Press ReleaseSeptember 10, 2014Marine WildlifeA new report today calls for the international community and vested commercial interests to take tough action to end Iceland’s ongoing slaughter of endangered fin whales. Slayed in Iceland: The commercial...
UK and German Citizens Overwhelmingly Reject Iceland’s Commercial Whaling
Press ReleaseSeptember 9, 2014Marine WildlifeA new poll commissioned by leading anti-whaling organizations, Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Humane Society International (HSI), International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), OceanCare, Pro Wildlife, and Whale...
Animal Welfare Institute Response to Latest SeaWorld Press Release
Press ReleaseAugust 15, 2014Marine WildlifeThe proposed expansions of the orca enclosures, while a small improvement from the existing tanks, are nonetheless inadequate to meet the welfare needs of these animals due to their size,...
Effort to Gain Stronger Protection for Russian Belugas Moves Forward
Press ReleaseAugust 1, 2014Marine WildlifeToday the National Marine Fisheries Service announced a positive 60-day finding on a petition to designate the Sakhalin Bay-Amur River beluga whale population in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia, as...
Senate Rejects Harmful Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act
Press ReleaseJuly 11, 2014Marine WildlifeOn July 10, the Senate failed to secure the required 60 votes for passage of the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act. This bill, opposed by the Animal Welfare Institute and countless other...
Conservation Groups Condemn Resumption of Iceland’s Brutal Hunt of Endangered Whales
Press ReleaseJune 17, 2014Marine WildlifeConservation groups are calling on the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and its member governments to condemn Iceland’s commercial whale hunt following confirmation that the Icelandic whaling company Hvalur hf has...
CITES Standing Committee Meets to Discuss Wildlife Trade
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIn July, AWI’s wildlife biologist, D.J. Schubert, attended the 65th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Standing Committee in Geneva,...
Ban Stands: Canada, Norway Lose Effort to Force EU to Accept Seal Products
Marine WildlifeAs reported in the Winter 2014 AWI Quarterly, a dispute resolution panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) reached a landmark decision this past November in a case brought by Canada...
Beluga Captures Rise in 2013
Marine WildlifeFor the past decade and more, a single capture team in the remote east of Russia, on the southern shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, has been removing an average...
Greenland Quotas and Japan’s Scientific Whaling at Issue at Upcoming IWC Meeting
Marine WildlifeFrom its creation in 1946 until 2012, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) met annually. Having agreed to move to biennial meetings in 2012, it will meet for the 65th time...