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USDA Seeks to Shield Scofflaws from Public Scrutiny
Companion Animals, EquinesThe US Department of Agriculture recently proposed new “routine uses” of records under the federal Privacy Act that determine disclosure of information outside the department. The USDA seems determined to...
Congratulations to This Year’s AWI Refinement Grant Recipients
Animals in LaboratoriesAWI advocates for improving the care, housing, and handling of animals in research facilities to spare them needless suffering. To help achieve this, we offer Refinement Grants of up to...
Fish Hatchery Investigation Reveals Cruelty
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeAn investigation into a Maine salmon hatchery owned and operated by one of the largest seafood companies in the world, Cooke Aquaculture, has provided a behind-the-scenes look into the horrors...
New Swine Inspection System Sparks Controversy
Farmed AnimalsThe US Department of Agriculture has declined to grant AWI’s petition asking the department to end the cruel practice of slaughtering nonambulatory disabled pigs. The USDA decided that its current...
Pig Flu in China Prompts Welfare Improvement in US
Farmed AnimalsOpportunities for US producers to export pork have skyrocketed recently following a massive outbreak of African swine fever in China, responsible for killing up to half the country’s 400 million...
AWI Condemns Sea Lion Cull in Pacific Northwest
Marine WildlifeDespite the opposition of AWI and other groups, a federal bill passed last year that allows a cull of sea lions within the Columbia River basin in Washington, Oregon, and...
Mystic Aquarium Moves to Acquire Belugas from Canada
Marine WildlifeMystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut, has long displayed beluga whales and conducted extensive research on them. However, the facility has now embroiled itself in a controversial request to import five...
Norwegian Whaling: A Sinking Industry
Marine WildlifeA recent poll co-funded by AWI and other animal protection and conservation organizations paints a bleak picture for the Norwegian whaling industry’s future. Only 4 percent of Norwegians surveyed said...
Save the Whales, Save the Planet
Marine WildlifeAs whales go about the business of being whales—feeding, defecating, migrating, and breeding—they provide vital ecological services to the planet. This includes fertilizing the plankton that provide half of all...
South Atlantic Humpbacks Bounce Back
Marine WildlifeCommercial whaling decimated global whale populations, causing the extirpation of some populations and leaving others on the precipice of extinction. At least 300,000 humpback whales were killed between the late...