ANIMAL PEOPLE FORUM | Animal Welfare Institute | Activity https://animalpeopleforum.org/members/animalwelfareinstitute/activity/ Activity feed for Animal Welfare Institute. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:28:32 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 17d631bc0c04a48da769bfa21d24b36a Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, U.S. House Reintroduces Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act to Protect Sharks from Cruel Finning https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=32775 Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:39:26 -0700 This week on Earth Day, April 22nd, U.S. Representatives Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (I-MP) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) reintroduced the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act. The bill, which is endorsed by the Animal […]

]]> 0 14d93c10f421f75a458a1707ee9d94b4 Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, Norway Continues Whale Slaughter with 2021 Hunting Quota https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=32649 Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:15:59 -0800 In defiance of a global moratorium on commercial whaling, Norway has again issued an annual kill quota of 1,278 minke whales for the 2021 whaling season.

On February 19th, Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen, Norway’s M […]

]]> 0 41f85b4a413aaf906e6e0a7b053a1dce Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, House Renews Effort to Protect Children and Animals from Abuse https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=32549 Sat, 06 Feb 2021 21:08:49 -0800 The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act, reintroduced in the United States this week by Representatives Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) and John Katko (R-NY), […]

]]> 0 0b5058e74c5e9f05f58920e33f1ba9da Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, US Fish and Wildlife Service Weakens Migratory Bird Protections https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=32464 Sat, 09 Jan 2021 23:12:56 -0800 On January 7th, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published a new regulation that weakens the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) by no longer penalizing individuals and corporations for the “incidental” kil […]

]]> 0 8401cb86cf26ec92c4264878aa797358 Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, Trump Administration Again Tries to Undermine Endangered Species Act https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=30986 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:56:24 -0700 In its latest attack on the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Trump administration has announced a proposed new rule that would harm threatened and endangered species by making it harder to protect the habitat […]

]]> 0 5758e7dee17dec14b39cd5660702aa5c Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, State Scorecard Released on Animal Cruelty Reporting https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=29759 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:41:31 -0700 An analysis by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has found that the majority of states have gotten off to a slow start reporting animal cruelty incidents to the FBI’s national crime database.

In 2015, in r […]

]]> 0 5faaa74015336a0ee9f603eaa175a13a Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, US Government Expands Mexican Seafood Ban to Save Vaquita Porpoise https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=29179 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 22:16:55 -0800 The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced today that it will ban imports of Mexican shrimp and other seafood caught in the habitat of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. The action is be […]

]]> 0 ad6edda80eaffd9b8bea8ec0cc680a72 Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, Animal Protection Groups Sue USDA Over Slaughter of Sick, Injured Pigs https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=29116 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 23:09:03 -0800 Animal protection groups sued Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) earlier this month for failing to protect pigs who are too sick or injured to walk at […]

]]> 0 a786d7a846ffd7fa7b26ea7519e0b5ab Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, US House Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Federal Legislation to Ban Horse Slaughter https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=28699 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 22:40:13 -0800 The US House Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing yesterday on “Improving Safety and Transparency in America’s Food and Drugs.” Included on the agenda was the Safe […]

]]> 0 419a1f792982bfe3eef34e3c07f32a14 Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, Revised USDA Food Label Guide Continues to Promote Consumer Deception https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=28211 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:44:21 -0800 Following the recent release of an updated food labeling guidance document, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is appalled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to permit producers to mislead the […]

]]> 0 ea1928e957a592722ed3a2582be3410d Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, Final U.S. Spending Package Includes Monumental Victories for Animal Welfare https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=28134 Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:04:47 -0800 The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees for including monumental victories for animal welfare in the final Fiscal Year 2020 spending […]

]]> 0 9c01a8cceb14dc9fc248d99e17455e93 Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, Trump Administration Reauthorizes Wildlife-Killing ‘Cyanide Bombs’ Despite Strong Opposition https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=27896 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:27:42 -0800 The Trump administration announced yesterday it will reauthorize the use of sodium cyanide in wildlife-killing devices called M-44s, rejecting overwhelming public support for a nationwide ban. These “cyanide bom […]

]]> 0 ba2b83c5df9a04c936e94b287aedcd78 Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, US House Passes Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=27723 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:12:42 -0800 The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the United States House of Representatives for passing the bipartisan Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (H.R. 737) on November 20th. The law would prohibit the sale, […]

]]> 0 aae516082bde5eafd21ec72d1b2aaa83 Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, Please Help Protect Grey Wolves Now https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=24239 Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:33:02 -0700 Gray wolves are under attack again. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced in early March that it intends to eliminate Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for gray wolves across the contiguous […]

]]> 0 e851bcbd1baacc0d4af3faa3eeefabb3 Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, 34 Marine Mammal Biologists Urge Putin to Release Orcas and Belugas https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=24024 Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:38:23 -0700 Today, a group of prominent marine mammal biologists from across the globe, including Dr. Naomi Rose of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), sent a second letter requesting that Russia release the remaining 80+ […]

]]> 0 e382c6aa5d905f74f01bc281d8503952 Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, US Bureau of Land Management Bucks Controversial Policy for Wild Horse Sale https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=23992 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 21:06:41 -0700 The United States Bureau of Land Management has rescinded a controversial sales policy for wild horses and burros in the United States that could have resulted in more animals being sold for slaughter in Canada […]

]]> 0 108f129f51ca70cb537ab91a1c163cfb Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, Barn Fires Killed 150,000+ Farm Animals in 2018 https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=22717 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 19:49:38 -0800 More than 150,000 farm animals perished in potentially preventable barn fires in the United States in 2018, an Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) analysis of media reports to date has found.

Of the 148 barn fires […]

]]> 0 d6534866a372a00652ed856baceadda6 Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, Court Victory: Wild Red Wolves Get a Chance at Survival https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=21628 Fri, 09 Nov 2018 22:44:10 -0800 The United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued an order on November 5th declaring that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) violated the Endangered Species Act and the […]

]]> 0 0889d9e4e930dae716b6f3b677b3abc0 Animal Welfare Institute wrote a new post, Japan must be stopped in its push to resume commercial whaling worldwide http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=19736 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:27:26 -0700 London—After spending more than three decades slaughtering whales in defiance of an international moratorium on commercial whaling, Japan is proposing a package of measures at an International Whaling Commission ( […]

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