Archive: Government/Legal
Improving Welfare of Captive Wild Animals
In a surprise move, the US Department of Agriculture published a notice that it was considering changes to its Animal...
Correcting Course on Right Whales
In February, Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) introduced the RESCUE Whales Act (HR 1213). This bill would repeal harmful language included...
Advocating Greater Protections for African Elephants
In March, AWI submitted comments to the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) urging the agency to ban the import...
ESA Protections
In August 2022, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published a positive 90-day finding regarding a petition from the...
California Sea Otters Should Not Lose ESA Protections
In August 2022, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published a positive 90-day finding regarding a petition from the...
“Downed” Pig Lawsuit Dismissed
In March, a judge in the US District Court, Western District of New York, dismissed a lawsuit brought by AWI...
USDA Urged to Address Misleading Label Claims
Four US senators, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), have written to Sandra Eskin, the US Department of Agriculture’s deputy...
Treating Salmonella as Adulterant in Poultry
The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing, for the first time, to treat Salmonella as an...
Missouri Court Quashes Local Oversight of Hog Farms
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a state law prohibiting counties from imposing regulations on industrial hog operations does...
Saner Solutions to Wildlife Management
Two bills were introduced to curb cruel, costly, and dangerous wildlife management methods. In May, Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and...
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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)....