AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Government/Legal
Message Delivered to Amazon: Stop Selling Ejiao
EquinesOn October 16, AWI and other advocacy groups rallied in front of Amazon’s second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, to deliver more than 370,000 petition signatures urging the company to ban...
Protections Spring into Action Under Big Cat Public Safety Act
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Big Cat Public Safety Act (BCPSA), a bill championed by AWI, was signed into law by President Biden in December 2022, marking an incredible step forward for both public safety...
Ridding Interior Appropriations of Harmful Riders
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI joined a coalition of groups urging US representatives to oppose riders in the House version of the fiscal year 2025 Department of the Interior spending bill that would undermine...
An Uncertain Time Ahead
All ProgramsEight years ago at this time, we waited to see how the incoming Trump administration would handle issues of animal welfare. What unfolded over the next four years proved to...
Monkey Business on Hold—for Now
Animals in LaboratoriesAs reported this spring in the AWI Quarterly, a company called Safer Human Medicine (SHM) is seeking to build a massive facility in Bainbridge, Georgia, to breed tens of thousands of long-tailed...
AWI Initiative Makes Animal Cruelty Data Readily Available to Researchers
Companion AnimalsAWI’s new Center for the Study of NIBRS Animal Cruelty Data (the Center) provides easy access to a wealth of information on animal cruelty crimes derived from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s...
Calling Out Cruelty: AWI Asks USDA to Help States Clamp Down on Animal Abuse in Slaughter Plants
Farmed AnimalsKicked, beaten, exposed to extreme temperatures and weather—all too often, animals in slaughter plants are severely mistreated before they are killed. In many cases, such incidents could be prosecuted under...
Export for Slaughter from Great Britain Banned
Farmed AnimalsFollowing decades of campaigning by animal protection organizations, a ban has been enacted on export of livestock for slaughter from Great Britain to destinations outside Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the...
Fire Code Adds Sprinkler Requirement for Larger Animal Operations
Farmed AnimalsThe National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committee on Animal Housing—the body that oversees development and revisions of the Fire and Life Safety in Animal Housing Facilities Code (NFPA 150)—has...
Hawai‘i Adopts Rules to Protect Animals at Sea
Farmed AnimalsIn Hawai‘i, regulations are now in place to protect cattle, sheep, goats, and other farmed animals transported via barge between the state’s islands. Governor Green signed off on the rules...