The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes today’s reintroduction of the Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act (AWEIA) ...

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 ...

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 ...

At a June 1 reception in Washington, DC, AWI’s board of directors, staff, and more than 100 friends gathered to commemorate ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) seeks to improve the treatment of animals everywhere—in the laboratory, on the farm, in commerce, at home, and in the wild. Over the 75 years that AWI has been ...

For decades, AWI and others have raised concerns about the welfare of farmed animals during transport. Rough handling during ...

The Safe Havens for Pets Desert Grant program was launched in 2024 to encourage the development of sheltering services for people and pets affected by domestic violence in areas of the country where ...

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 ...