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Fending Off Octopus and Marine Fish Factory Farms
A pair of bipartisan bills currently before Congress would protect octopuses, finfish, and marine ecosystems from the animal welfare and...
Egg Producer Loses 6 Million Hens to Bird Flu
In May, Hickman’s Family Farms—a major US egg company—announced the loss of a staggering 95 percent of its chicken flock...
Administration Takes Aim at California Animal Welfare Law
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of California in July, alleging that a combination of its...
Court Corrals BLM’s Wild Horse Removal Plan
We are delighted to report that on July 15, the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled in...
NIH Announces Major Change in Funding Priorities
In line with its recently announced initiative to prioritize human-based research (see AWI Quarterly, summer 2025), the NIH announced in July that moving...
Life After the Lab
Initiatives to encourage adoption or sanctuary placement of animals whose time in the laboratory has come to an end have...
Beagle Breeder Under Investigation
Ridglan Farms, one of two remaining US breeders of beagles for research (and the country’s second largest dog breeder overall),...
AWI Launches Revamped Refinement Database
AWI is excited to announce the 25th anniversary relaunch of our Refinement Database, which has been updated and modernized and can...
AWI Joins Partnership to Advance Nonanimal Experimentation Methods
AWI has joined the Validation & Qualification Network (VQN), a public-private partnership to foster the development and use of new approach...
Apply Now: Funding Available to Develop or Implement Refinements
Through October 13, AWI is accepting applications for its Refinement Research Award and its Implementing Refinement Grant. Refinements, in this...
Latest AWI Quarterly Articles on Animals in Laboratories
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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...
North American Environmental Commission Confirms Mexico’s Role in Imperiling Vaquita
In Program: Marine WildlifeA commission under the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) released a report yesterday confirming that Mexico’s unwillingness to enforce its own wildlife protection, trade, and fisheries laws...
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...