Archive: Government/Legal
Drawing the Curtain on Cetacean Captivity
Science increasingly supports the conclusion that, due to their size and their physiological and social needs, certain cetaceans cannot cope in...
Animal Welfare Measures in State Legislatures
AWI led efforts to get a bill introduced in the Illinois Senate to ban mink farming in the state. Sponsored...
Protecting Predators on National Wildlife Refuges
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed prohibiting most forms of predator control on National Wildlife Refuge System lands,...
Petition Seeks Regs to Rein in Wildlife Services
AWI and allies submitted a petition for rulemaking to the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service...
After the Roundup: The Fate of Wild Horses in Government Holding Facilities
Against a backdrop of picturesque mountains, past coils of razor wire, once-wild horses stand in the frozen dirt of the...
Right Whale Calf Dies After Apparent Boat Collision
No more than 360 North Atlantic right whales remain, including fewer than 70 reproductively active females. The past seven years...
On Orca Captivity, China Chooses Regressive Path
AWI’s Dr. Naomi Rose visited China in January on behalf of the China Cetacean Alliance, of which AWI is a...
IWC Scientific Committee Advances Cetacean Conservation
Since 2000, Dr. Naomi Rose, AWI’s marine mammal biology senior scientist, has attended meetings of the International Whaling Commission’s Scientific...
Caribbean Species Gain Protections at SPAW Protocol Meeting
The Caribbean Environment Programme was established in 1981 as one of the United Nations’ “Regional Seas” programs, in recognition of...
Bycatch Standards Bypass Foreign Fisheries
Around the globe each year, more than 650,000 marine mammals are killed or seriously injured as bycatch—entangled or hooked in...
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Captive dolphins face uncertain futures. They deserve better
In Program: Marine WildlifeIn this op-ed for the Tampa Bay Times, Dr. Naomi Rose, AWI’s senior scientist in marine mammal biology, discusses the challenges in caring for orcas...
Yahoo! Japan Sells Polluted Whale and Dolphin Meat Products to Unsuspecting Consumers
In Program: Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and an international coalition of animal protection and environmental groups are calling on Yahoo! Japan and its parent company, the...
As Iceland Calls Off Fin Whale Slaughter, Japan and Norway Launch Cruel, Unsustainable Whale Hunting Seasons
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