Washington, DC—The Trump Administration weakened the Endangered Species Act (ESA) with a final rulemaking that could open the door to widespread destruction of habitat for endangered wildlife by ...
Seventy-five years ago today, Christine Stevens founded the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) to combat the cruel treatment of ...
Washingtonians and Oregonians, your help is needed to rally against an unprecedented new bill in Congress! H.R. 9621, the Northwest Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act, would significantly ...
Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced it had entered into a cooperative agreement with ...
Fish farming involves the rapidly expanding global practice of raising aquatic species to meet growing food demand. The majority of these have no protection under national animal welfare laws, and ...
In this Issue. Read about the dangers posed to black-footed ferrets, red-tailed hawks, and a host of other wild species from ...
In April, the House of Representatives voted 224-200 to pass its version of the latest farm bill. As reported in the spring 2026 AWI Quarterly, the bill undermines animal welfare in serious ways, ...
Donkeys are valued and trusted companions around the world, yet these animals are being slaughtered in huge numbers to produce ejiao (pronounced “eh-gee-yow”)—gelatin made from boiling donkey hides.
Washington, DC—By a vote of 34–30, the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed its five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill, which includes a bipartisan amendment led ...