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CITES Animals Committee Considers Host of Wildlife Trade Issues
AWI joined several hundred delegates representing nearly 80 countries and a similar number of observer organizations in Geneva this July...
Richard Ellis
Richard Ellis—artist, author, conservationist, and great friend of AWI—died in May at the age of 86. Ellis grew up in...
Stubborn Whalers Take to Sea Despite Sinking Demand
The start of summer 2024 signaled a fitful continuation of the commercial whaling still conducted by three nations: Iceland, Norway,...
IUCN Task Force Tabs 46 Atlantic Areas for Potential Marine Mammal Protection
On May 20, the Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced...
Calling Out Cruelty: AWI Asks USDA to Help States Clamp Down on Animal Abuse in Slaughter Plants
Kicked, beaten, exposed to extreme temperatures and weather—all too often, animals in slaughter plants are severely mistreated before they are...
AVMA Should Aver: Cramped Crates No Place for Pregnant Pigs
The American Veterinary Medical Association develops and endorses dozens of policies on a range of issues, including several that relate...
AWI Initiative Makes Animal Cruelty Data Readily Available to Researchers
AWI’s new Center for the Study of NIBRS Animal Cruelty Data (the Center) provides easy access to a wealth of information on...
Improving the Welfare of Captive Marmosets Using Visual Barriers
by Alexander Greig The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) is increasingly becoming a key species in behavioral and biomedical research. Because...
Compressed Newspaper as Safe and Suitable Substrate for Naked Mole-rats
by Jouvay Pantophlet Our project, supported by an AWI Refinement Research Award, focused on evaluating the safety of using compressed...
Protections Spring into Action Under Big Cat Public Safety Act
The Big Cat Public Safety Act (BCPSA), a bill championed by AWI, was signed into law by President Biden in December...
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IUCN Reaffirms Long-Tailed Macaques’ Endangered Status Despite Industry Pressure
In Program: Terrestrial WildlifeThe International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today released an update to its Red List of Threatened Species. The update revealed that the long-tailed...
AWI Funds Research to Alleviate Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Animal Suffering
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...
North American Environmental Commission Confirms Mexico’s Role in Imperiling Vaquita
In Program: Marine WildlifeA commission under the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) released a report yesterday confirming that Mexico’s unwillingness to enforce its own wildlife protection, trade, and fisheries laws...
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)....