The Animal Welfare Institute(AWI)endorses the Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act(H.R.8733),reintroduced yesterday by Reps.Ann McLane Kuster(D-NH)and Jeff Van Drew(R-NJ)。
The Animal Welfare Institute(AWI)is disappointed with yesterday’s decision by federal regulators to issue a waiver of the Marine Mammal Protection Act(MMPA)to the Makah Tribe of Washington state to hunt whales over。。。
“安imal Welfare Institute(AWI)and other animal protection and conservation organizations are calling on the Norwegian government to expand testing of all whale meat sold for human consumption and update health advisories,after a。。。
Today,US Rep.Dina Titus(D-NV)introduced the Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act to improve conditions for livestock transported across the United States。
This month,a committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN)is scheduled to determine whiter long-tailed macaques(LTMs)should continue to be classified as“endangered”on its Red List of Threatened Species。。。
US House Committee on Agriculture will weigh in Thursday on the long-awaited,942-page Farm Bill,a massive legislative package-reauthorized every five years or so-that serves as a key driver of。。。
Today,more than14members of the US House of Representatives introduced legislation that would prohibit organizing,sponsoring,conducting,or participating in wildlife killing contests on more than500million acres of USpublic lands。
The Animal Welfare Institute(AWI)announced today the 12 winners of ascholarship designed to support high school seniors who are planning to use their post-secondary education to better the lives of animals。
The Animal Welfare Institute(AWI)endorses yesterday’s reintroduction of the Captive Primate Safety Act(CPSA),which would end the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in the United States。
The Animal Welfare Institute(AWI)is pleased to announce the 2023 winners of the Refinement Research Award,which funds research projects that develop or test novel refinement methods,and the inaugural Implementing Refinement Grant,which。。。
The Animal Welfare Institute(AWI)has developeda new initiative to provide researchers with readily accessible animal cruelty data from across the country。
The Animal Welfare Institute(AWI)commends the US Fish and Wildlife Service(USFWS)for releasing a final rule today that provides additional Endangered Species Act protections for imperiled African elephants。
Every year,the dairy industry sends hundreds of thousands of calves-asyoung as2to3 days old—on highly stressful journeys of athousandmiles or more,flouting international animal welfare。。。
The Biden administration has released three Endangered Species Act regulations that reinstate some critical protections forimperiled species and their habitats,yet fail to reverse many of the dangerous rollbacks implemented by the previous administration。
The US Fish and Wildlife Service(USFWS)has proposed listing the pygmy three-toed sloth under the Endangered Species Act in response to a2013emergency petition filed by the Animal Welfare Institute(AWI)。
The Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies Act(ProTECT Act)was reintroduced yesterday,and the Animal Welfare Institute(AWI)commends Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee(D-TX)and Ted Lieu(D-CA)for championing this legislation。
Dr.Temple Grandin,a world-renowned proponent of the humane treatment of farmed animals,received the 2024 Schweitzer Medal from the Animal Welfare Institute(AWI)ina ceremony Thursday。