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 ...

The Animal Welfare Institute is appalled by the Trump administration’s latest maneuver in its ongoing efforts to desecrate the Endangered Species Act (ESA). An internal memorandum from the US Fish and ...

New documents obtained by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) through ...

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

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today announced the nine recipients of its annual Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are ...

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.

New York state residents: We need your help pushing two animal protection bills across the finish line! New York is one step away from enacting S.7421B and A.5850, bills to ban industrial octopus ...

Salem, OR—The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted new regulations today aimed at reducing whale entanglements in the state’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery. The measures include ...

Time and time again, we learn that individuals who have committed violent acts against others—including partners, the elderly, and children—also have a history of abusing animals. Policymakers at all ...

Designed for animal welfare professionals, this screening tool includes tips on how to recognize and respond to signs of child abuse and neglect. Since 1951, the Animal Welfare Institute has been ...

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 ...