Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Palau and Honduras Call for More Shark Sanctuaries
Marine WildlifeDuring a special September meeting on biodiversity convened by the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the presidents of Palau and Honduras called on other nations to join them...
Will Genetically Engineered Salmon Sink or Swim?
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeIn a chilly hotel ballroom in the Washington, DC suburbs this September, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) heard from the public on the question of whether a farm-raised Atlantic salmon...
Shark Finning
Marine WildlifeDespite overwhelming support in the US Senate for a bill to close loopholes in a law banning the finning of sharks, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) took it upon himself to block...
Maui Regulates Pet Trade in Fish
Companion Animals, Marine WildlifeOn August 24, the Maui County Council voted unanimously in favor of a law curbing reckless reef fish extraction for the aquarium trade, representing the first such regulation in Hawaii....
SeaWorld Slammed for Role in Whale Trainer Death
Press ReleaseAugust 24, 2010Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the finding by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that SeaWorld of Florida LLC willfully violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act of...
BP Agrees to Measures to Prevent Burning of Endangered Sea Turtles
Press ReleaseJuly 2, 2010Marine WildlifeBP and the United States Coast Guard, defendants in a lawsuit filed by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation groups, agreed today to measures designed...
The Animal Welfare Institute Files Suit Against BP for Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive
Press ReleaseJune 30, 2010Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation organizations have filed suit in federal court today against British Petroleum America, Inc., British Petroleum Exploration & Production and...
Official Whaling Stats Expose the Danger of Lifting Commercial Whaling Ban
Press ReleaseJune 8, 2010Marine WildlifeWith less than two weeks to go before representatives from more than 80 governments meet in Agadir, Morocco, to decide on a proposal to lift the 24-year ban on commercial...
Oil Disaster Devastates Gulf – AWI Sues BP to Protect Endangered Turtles
Marine WildlifeThe Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in the evening hours of April 20. The rig, under contract to British Petroleum (BP) since late...
Resumption of Whaling and Fate of Whaling Commission Still Undecided
Marine WildlifeAmid almost unprecedented hype and media attention, the 62nd meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opened in Agadir, Morocco in June, with AWI’s Susan Millward in attendance and D.J. Schubert...