AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Government/Legal
Pork Industry Pals Try to Torpedo Prop 12
Farmed AnimalsIn May, the US Supreme Court upheld California’s ban on certain forms of extreme confinement for farmed animals in California and the in-state sale of eggs and meat from facilities anywhere that...
Protecting Horses from Slaughter and Unsafe Transport
EquinesAWI worked closely with Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), on the reintroduction of the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE)...
Saner Solutions to Wildlife Management
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeTwo bills were introduced to curb cruel, costly, and dangerous wildlife management methods. In May, Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and David Schweikert (R-AZ) reintroduced the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act...
AWI Petitions for Bird Flu Response Plans that Shun Horrific Mass-Killing Method
Farmed AnimalsSince early 2022, countries around the world have felt the impacts of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak that has threatened wild bird populations and decimated domestic poultry flocks...
USDA Announces Plans to Strengthen Approval of Animal-Raising Claims on Meat Labels
Farmed AnimalsWhen the Biden administration issued an executive order on promoting competition in the American economy in July 2021, AWI responded by urging the US Department of Agriculture to address deceptive...
Victory! High Court Leaves California’s Prop 12 Standing
Farmed AnimalsIn 2018, Proposition 12 passed in California with 63 percent of the vote. It mandated minimum floor space for egg-laying hens, calves raised for veal, and breeding sows and their...
AWI Sues BLM over Wild Horse Management
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI is suing the Bureau of Land Management after the agency finalized a management plan to eliminate millions of acres of federally designated habitat for wild horses in Wyoming. The...
CITES Animals Committee Resumes In-Person Meetings
Marine WildlifeOver 260 representatives of nearly 50 countries and more than 60 organizations met in Geneva in June at the 32nd meeting of the Animals Committee to the Convention on International...
Marine Mammal Protection in a Warming World
Marine WildlifeIn March, Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) reintroduced the Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act (HR 1383), to protect marine mammals adversely affected by the climate crisis. Since 1972, the Marine...
Phasing Out Mink Farms
Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI spearheaded the introduction in June of the Mink VIRUS Act (HR 3783), sponsored by Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY). This bill would establish a one-year phaseout of mink fur farms...