Archive: Government/Legal
AWI Requests Enforcement of Neglected Animal Transport Law
This February, AWI and Animal Outlook (formerly Compassion Over Killing) submitted a request for enforcement of the Twenty-Eight Hour Law...
Ohio: Efforts to Curtail Cruel Puppy Mill Practices
In the last eight years, the number of puppy mills in Ohio has increased fourfold—a consequence of the Ohio Department...
Hearing Held on Big Cat Public Safety Act
The Big Cat Public Safety Act (HR 263/S 1210) received a hearing in the House Natural Resources Committee on May...
Effort to End Killing Contests on Public Lands
In April, the Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act (HR 7398) was introduced in the House by Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN)...
Bill Seeks Ban on Wild Horse Helicopter Roundups
Earlier this year, footage of a Bureau of Land Management roundup in Nevada captured a horrifying and tragic incident where...
Advocating Animal-Friendly Appropriations
During a key stage of the fiscal year 2023 appropriations cycle, members of Congress consider spending requests from individuals and...
Flu Outbreak Fells Wild Horses in Holding Facility
Since April, over 140 wild horses have died from influenza exacerbated by a bacterial infection at a Colorado holding facility...
Vaquita’s Fate Hinges on End to Illegal Fishing
Fewer than 10 vaquita porpoises remain in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California. Yet, calves were observed during a 2021 survey,...
Celebrating Whaling Ban Agreement’s 40th Anniversary
Almost 3 million whales were killed for their oil and meat in the 20th century, bringing many species and populations to...
Celebrating the MMPA: 50 Years of Safeguarding Sea-Faring Mammals
In October 1972, during the Nixon administration, the United States passed an environmental law well ahead of its time. The...
Latest AWI Quarterly Articles on Marine Wildlife
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New Research: USDA Fails to Pursue Prosecutions of Slaughter Plants, Despite Repeat Violations
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AWI Scholarship Winners Campaign for a Better World for Animals
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