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Securing Funding for Animal Welfare Priorities
In encouraging news, both Senate and House fiscal year 2026 Agriculture Appropriations bills winding their way through Congress contain provisions...
Protecting Wild Species from Cruel Capture and Killing Methods
On June 24, the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act (HR 4108), was reintroduced by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). This bill...
House Committee Leadership Bullish on Anti-wildlife Bills
The House Natural Resources Committee has continued to pursue a markedly anti-wildlife agenda by teeing up action on an array...
Alan Cumming Urges End to Pet Primate Trade
This summer, AWI worked with Emmy and Tony Award–winning actor Alan Cumming on a video in support of the Captive...
Kenya Wildlife Service Keeps Eyes in the Sky with Assist from AWI
Wild animals in Kenya’s sprawling (5,308 m2) Tsavo East National Park are safer today because of AWI’s ongoing sponsorship of...
Gaining Ground Against Commercial Kangaroo Slaughter
Since 2010, an estimated 1.1 to 1.7 million kangaroos have been killed annually in what is considered the largest slaughter...
AWI’s Christine Stevens Wildlife Award Recipients for 2025
The Christine Stevens Wildlife Award—named in honor of AWI’s late founder and president for over 50 years—provides grants of up to...
Thirst for Oil Threatens Marine Ecosystems
The Trump administration’s aggressive “energy dominance” agenda is posing a serious threat to ocean wildlife and fragile marine ecosystems. Upon...
Sustaining the Seas: Outcomes of Third UN Ocean Conference
The Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) took place in Nice, France, in June. One of its priorities was...
Lax Label Claim Oversight Undermines Consumer Expectations
AWI has commissioned several surveys over the past 15 years regarding consumer attitudes about animal-raising claims on meat and poultry...
Latest AWI Quarterly Articles on Farmed Animals
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AWI Awards Safe Havens for Pets Grant to Support Unhoused People and Pets in DC
In Program: Companion AnimalsThis Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased to announce a $15,000 grant to the Humane Rescue Alliance (HRA) to support...
Ejiao Act Reintroduced as Consumer Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Protecting Donkeys from Dangerous Gelatin Trade
In Program: EquinesToday, US Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) reintroduced the bipartisan Ejiao Act to ban the sale and trade of donkey-hide gelatin products in the United States;...
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...
On First Day Back in Session, Congress Urged to Protect Horses
In Program: EquinesAs Congress returned today from its August recess, thousands of Americans across the country joined a National Day of Action to call on lawmakers to...