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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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In Program: Terrestrial WildlifeThe 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...
Federal Appeals Court Reins in BLM Wild Horse Wyoming Eradication Plan
In Program: EquinesAfter 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...
House Appropriators Again Reject Wild Horse Slaughter in Funding Bill
In Program: EquinesToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC) commend the US House Committee on Appropriations for advancing bipartisan language in its...
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act Reintroduced to Protect Wildlife and Pets on Public Lands
In Program: Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe 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)....