Mexico City—Mexico weakened protections yesterday for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, opening vast new areas in the Upper Gulf of California to the deadly gillnet fishing that has caused ...

Mexico weakened protections yesterday for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, opening vast new areas in the Upper Gulf of California to the deadly gillnet fishing that has caused the vaquita’s ...

A report developed by AWI in partnership with the ASPCA and Farm Forward that examines the history and importance of establishing animal welfare regulations under the National Organic Program and the ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) strongly opposes the fundamentally flawed permitting legislation released yesterday by the US Senate, which would gut core protections of the ...

For the first time in decades, the US Forest Service is revising its land management plan for the Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands in Kansas and Colorado. These grasslands support beloved and ...

At a June 1 reception in Washington, DC, AWI’s board of directors, staff, and more than 100 friends gathered to commemorate the organization’s 75th anniversary. AWI was founded by Christine Stevens on ...

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 ...

Could relief for New York City’s carriage horses finally be on the horizon? Dr. Joanna Grossman, director of AWI’s Equine Program, testified before the New York City Council in July in support of ...

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 ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today announced the nine recipients of its annual Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing more humane, innovative, and nonlethal methods ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today announced the upcoming release of Denali’s New Life, a children’s book that tells the true story of Denali, a pit bull mix with a gentle and ...

Every year, the Bureau of Land Management, the federal agency primarily charged with managing America’s wild horses and burros, subjects thousands of equines to brutal and chaotic helicopter roundups.