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Seeking Greater Oversight of Mink Fur Farms
As part of its coronavirus relief package, Congress gave the US Department of Agriculture $300 million to monitor susceptible wild...
Bill to Ban Cruel Body-Gripping Traps Introduced in House
In October, Representative Alma Adams (D-NC) reintroduced the Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act. A longstanding AWI priority, this bill...
Animal Protection Measures on Hold as Appropriations Bills Gather Dust
Congress has made little progress on finalizing fiscal year 2022 spending bills—an unfortunate circumstance given that many of them include...
Study Finds Support for Red Wolves, but Poaching Persists
A recent study that surveyed attitudes regarding red wolves found that, while a broad majority of the population liked and...
Schweitzer Medalist Helps Nab Ivory and Horn Smugglers
Forensic analysis conducted by Dr. Sam Wasser led to the recent arrest of two men from the Democratic Republic of...
Parliamentary Report Condemns Current Kangaroo Management
In October, Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) Parliament published a blistering report entitled Health and wellbeing of kangaroos and other macropods...
Oil Spill Harms California Wildlife and Wetlands
An underwater pipeline ruptured about five miles off California’s southern coast in early October, spewing at least 25,000 gallons of...
Idaho Redoubles Its Attacks on Wolves
The US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program recently killed eight wolf pups on federal public lands in Idaho. Conservation...
AWI Funds Innovative Wildlife Science
Since 2007, the Christine Stevens Wildlife Award, named after AWI’s late founder and long-time president, has provided over $900,000 in...
Warming Oceans Threaten Southern Right Whale Recovery
Scientists in South America are studying the recovery of southern right whales after many decades of whaling in the past...
Latest AWI Quarterly Articles on Marine Wildlife
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IUCN Reaffirms Long-Tailed Macaques’ Endangered Status Despite Industry Pressure
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...
Titus Reintroduces Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act as New AWI Report Reveals Feeble Enforcement of Welfare Violations
In Program: Farmed AnimalsToday, US Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) reintroduced the Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act to improve conditions for livestock transported across the United States. The bill would...
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...
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)....