The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes today’s reintroduction of the Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act (AWEIA) ...
At a June 1 reception in Washington, DC, AWI’s board of directors, staff, and more than 100 friends gathered to commemorate ...
In the Pacific Northwest, officials target sea lions and seals rather than tackle human-caused impediments to salmon recovery. A new AWI children’s book features a dog who overcame trauma and now ...
Washington, DC—New documents obtained by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) through a public records request confirm an outbreak of highly ...
Since 1951, the Animal Welfare Institute has been dedicated to alleviating animal suffering caused by people. We seek to improve the welfare of animals everywhere: in agriculture, in commerce, in our ...
Earlier this week, the US Department of the Interior and the US Department of Agriculture announced a $30 million investment in fertility control to manage federally protected wild horses. While ...
The Animal Welfare Institute is appalled by the Trump administration’s latest maneuver in its ongoing efforts to desecrate the Endangered Species Act (ESA). An internal memorandum from the US Fish and ...
For decades, AWI and others have raised concerns about the welfare of farmed animals during transport. Rough handling during ...
Hundreds of wild species gained important protections at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES ...
The Animal Violence Exposes Real Threat of (AVERT) Future Violence Act (S 4562/HR 8911) has been reintroduced in Congress by Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV).