Troubled Whale Hearing Study Amplifies Alarm over Ocean Noise Impacts

Since 2021, AWI and colleagues have called on the governments of Norway and the United States to withdraw permits and...

Gray Whales in Steep Decline

After peaking at nearly 27,000 whales in 2016, the population of eastern North Pacific gray whales has plummeted to around...

Advocating End to Cetacean Captivity in Europe

Since 2014, AWI has supported the work of Dolphinaria-Free Europe (DFE), a coalition of European NGOs who work to help...

Advancing the Argument Against Marine Mammal Captivity

The 6th edition of The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity(CAMMIC), published by the Animal Welfare Institute and World Animal Protection, was...

Victory! High Court Leaves California’s Prop 12 Standing

In 2018, Proposition 12 passed in California with 63 percent of the vote. It mandated minimum floor space for egg-laying...

USDA Announces Plans to Strengthen Approval of Animal-Raising Claims on Meat Labels

When the Biden administration issued an executive order on promoting competition in the American economy in July 2021, AWI responded...

Cultivated Chicken

In June, two companies—Upside Foods and Good Meat—were issued groundbreaking grants of inspection by the US Department of Agriculture that...

Two Funding Opportunities for Animals in Labs

Calling on those who work with animals in research laboratories in the United States or Canada and strive to improve...

3D Printing for Conservation

In 2020, Drs. Constance Woodman and Giridhar Athrey of Texas A&M University were awarded an AWI Refinement Research Award for...

Fur Farms: Cultivating Cruelty, Courting Disaster

This year, AWI is supporting federal, state, and local efforts to restrict fur farming and end the sale of new...

Latest AWI Quarterly Articles on Farmed Animals

Related News

Published: August 19, 2025

North American Environmental Commission Confirms Mexico’s Role in Imperiling Vaquita

In Program: Marine Wildlife

A 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...

Published: June 19, 2025

Captive dolphins face uncertain futures. They deserve better

In Program: Marine Wildlife

In 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...

Published: June 16, 2025

Yahoo! Japan Sells Polluted Whale and Dolphin Meat Products to Unsuspecting Consumers

In Program: Marine Wildlife

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and an international coalition of animal protection and environmental groups are calling on Yahoo! Japan and its parent company, the...

Published: April 25, 2025

As Iceland Calls Off Fin Whale Slaughter, Japan and Norway Launch Cruel, Unsustainable Whale Hunting Seasons

In Program: Marine Wildlife

Japan and Norway resumed slaughtering whales this month, while Iceland’s only fin whaling company has decided that it will not hunt this summer, citing a...