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OCTOPUS Act
Growing interest in commercial octopus farming threatens to subject these cognitively complex, sentient animals to inhumane ...
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Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act Reintroduced to Protect Wildlife and Pets on Public Lands
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, reintroduced today in the US House of ...
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Report Concerns for Animals in Labs and Classrooms
Tens of millions of animals are used annually for research, testing, and education throughout the United States. Facilities ...
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AWI Statement on Trump Administration’s Plan to Reduce Animal Experimentation Amid Attack on Science
The Animal Welfare Institute (awionline.org) is a nonprofit charitable organization founded in 1951 and dedicated to alleviating animal suffering caused by people. We seek to improve the welfare of ...
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Congress Launches First-Ever Wild Horse Caucus to Protect America’s Iconic Mustangs and Burros
In a landmark move for America’s wild horses and burros, today US Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV), Jaun Ciscomani (R-AZ), David Schweikert (R-AZ), and Steve Cohen (D-TN) launched the Congressional Wild Horse ...
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AWI Supports Phasing Out Animal Use in Research and Testing, but Proper Planning is Essential to Protect Animals and Science
In April, both the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration announced plans to phase out the use of animals in scientific research. The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) ...
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As Iceland Calls Off Fin Whale Slaughter, Japan and Norway Launch Cruel, Unsustainable Whale Hunting Seasons
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 declining demand for whale meat products in ...
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Trump Administration Seeks to Slash Habitat Protections for Endangered Wildlife
Today the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (the Services) issued a proposed rule that would undermine protections for habitat that threatened and endangered ...
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To Celebrate National Horse Protection Day, Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to End Horse Slaughter
In honor of National Horse Protection Day on March 1, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers today reintroduced the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act to permanently protect American horses ...
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President Trump’s Day-One Actions Will Decimate Wildlife Habitat
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders designed to advance policies that are disastrous to wildlife and their habitats. The orders expand oil and gas ...
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USDA’s Revised Food Label Guidelines Insufficient to Protect Consumers, Animals - Animal Welfare Institute
The Animal Welfare Institute (awionline.org) is a nonprofit charitable organization founded in 1951 and dedicated to alleviating animal suffering caused by people. We seek to improve the welfare of ...
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New Research: Weak Enforcement of State Farmed Animal Welfare Laws Continues | Animal Welfare Institute
Washington, DC —The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) released a new report today that documents how state-level farmed animal welfare laws continue to be minimally enforced, even though such laws could ...