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Saner Solutions to Wildlife Management
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeTwo bills were introduced to curb cruel, costly, and dangerous wildlife management methods. In May, Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and David Schweikert (R-AZ) reintroduced the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act...
USDA Announces Plans to Strengthen Approval of Animal-Raising Claims on Meat Labels
Farmed AnimalsWhen the Biden administration issued an executive order on promoting competition in the American economy in July 2021, AWI responded by urging the US Department of Agriculture to address deceptive...
Victory! High Court Leaves California’s Prop 12 Standing
Farmed AnimalsIn 2018, Proposition 12 passed in California with 63 percent of the vote. It mandated minimum floor space for egg-laying hens, calves raised for veal, and breeding sows and their...
Advancing the Argument Against Marine Mammal Captivity
Marine WildlifeThe 6th edition of The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity(CAMMIC), published by the Animal Welfare Institute and World Animal Protection, was unveiled in July. Since its 1st edition in 1995, this report...
Advocating End to Cetacean Captivity in Europe
Marine WildlifeSince 2014, AWI has supported the work of Dolphinaria-Free Europe (DFE), a coalition of European NGOs who work to help the approximately 300 whales, dolphins, and porpoises held for display...
Gray Whales in Steep Decline
Marine WildlifeAfter peaking at nearly 27,000 whales in 2016, the population of eastern North Pacific gray whales has plummeted to around 14,500 in 2023—a startling 46 percent decline and nearly 7,000...
Troubled Whale Hearing Study Amplifies Alarm over Ocean Noise Impacts
Marine WildlifeSince 2021, AWI and colleagues have called on the governments of Norway and the United States to withdraw permits and funding for a controversial research study that involves the capture...
AWI Sues BLM over Wild Horse Management
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI is suing the Bureau of Land Management after the agency finalized a management plan to eliminate millions of acres of federally designated habitat for wild horses in Wyoming. The...
To Cut Carbon, Add Animals
Terrestrial WildlifeAccording to a study published in Nature Climate Change (Schmitz et al., 2023), policies to protect and rebuild densities of global wildlife populations would also combat climate change. Such “trophic rewilding” could...
Advancing Animal Welfare Through Appropriations
Companion Animals, Equines, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI has been working with members of the House of Representatives and Senate to raise the profile of animal welfare issues and to secure members’ support for stand-alone animal welfare...