Animal Welfare Institute Announces 2016 Christine Stevens Wildlife Award Winners

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the winners of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award. Established in 2006, the Christine Stevens...

US House Leaders Introduce Federal Legislation to Prohibit Slaughter of American Horses

Federal lawmakers have introduced legislation to prevent the establishment of horse slaughter operations within the US, end the current export...

USDA Website Blackout Capitulation to Walking Horse Industry

A pending lawsuit supported by a potent segment of the walking horse industry appears to be the major impetus for...

Senate Committee Defends Horses from Slaughter

The US House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees have finalized their respective agriculture funding bills for fiscal year 2019....

Forcing Wild Horses to Undergo Ovariectomies is Animal Abuse

Earlier this week, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) voiced their opposition to the...

CSU Withdraws from Barbaric Wild Horse Sterilization Experiments

Following substantial public outcry, Colorado State University (CSU) announced yesterday that it was withdrawing from a joint plan with the...

BLM Approves Surgical Sterilization Experiments on Oregon’s Wild Horses

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Burns District Office in Oregon announced Wednesday night that it will begin controversial experiments...

Lawsuit Filed to Stop Barbaric BLM Wild Horse Sterilization Experiments

Citing violations of the US Constitution and three federal laws, an alliance of wild horse protection and animal welfare advocates...

Horse Advocates Seek Injunction to Block Trump Administration from Surgically Removing Ovaries of Wild Mares

A coalition of animal protection and wild horse advocacy groups filed a motion Friday for a preliminary injunction in US District...

Federal Judge Stops BLM from Conducting Inhumane Horse Sterilization Experiments

US District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman today issued a preliminary injunction to stop the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)...

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Published: August 21, 2025

AWI Funds Research to Alleviate Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Animal Suffering

In Program: Terrestrial Wildlife

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the eight recipients of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing humane solutions to human-wildlife conflicts and...

Published: July 15, 2025

Federal Appeals Court Reins in BLM Wild Horse Wyoming Eradication Plan

In Program: Equines

After 14 years of litigation, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC), Western Watersheds Project, and their allies have secured a legal victory that delivers a major...

Published: July 14, 2025

House Appropriators Again Reject Wild Horse Slaughter in Funding Bill

In Program: Equines

Today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC) commend the US House Committee on Appropriations for advancing bipartisan language in its...

Published: June 24, 2025

Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act Reintroduced to Protect Wildlife and Pets on Public Lands

In Program: Companion Animals, Terrestrial Wildlife

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, reintroduced today in the US House of Representatives by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)....