Archive: Government/Legal
Protecting Horses from Slaughter and Unsafe Transport
AWI worked closely with Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Lindsey Graham...
Pork Industry Pals Try to Torpedo Prop 12
In May, the US Supreme Court upheld California’s ban on certain forms of extreme confinement for farmed animals in California and the...
Legislators Float Wrong Moves on Right Whales
Vessel strikes continue to be one of the leading threats facing critically endangered North Atlantic right whales (NARW). Slowing down...
Improving Animal Welfare Act Enforcement
In June, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) reintroduced the Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act (AWEIA; HR 3859)...
Helping Homeless People and Pets
Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Nancy Mace (R-SC) reintroduced the Providing for Unhoused People...
New York to Outlaw Wildlife Killing Contests
After years of work by a coalition of advocacy groups, including AWI, the New York legislature passed a bill in...
CITES Animals Committee Resumes In-Person Meetings
Over 260 representatives of nearly 50 countries and more than 60 organizations met in Geneva in June at the 32nd...
AWI Sues BLM over Wild Horse Management
AWI is suing the Bureau of Land Management after the agency finalized a management plan to eliminate millions of acres...
Victory! High Court Leaves California’s Prop 12 Standing
In 2018, Proposition 12 passed in California with 63 percent of the vote. It mandated minimum floor space for egg-laying...
USDA Announces Plans to Strengthen Approval of Animal-Raising Claims on Meat Labels
When the Biden administration issued an executive order on promoting competition in the American economy in July 2021, AWI responded...
Latest AWI Quarterly Articles on Farmed Animals
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