The Earth is currently experiencing its sixth major extinction event. One million species globally are at risk of extinction in the next few decades, including 27 percent of the world’s mammals, 41 ...

An award program to fund innovative strategies for humane, nonlethal wildlife conflict management and improved methods of wildlife study. This award program provides up to $15,000 to recipients to ...

Fish tanks are ubiquitous—found in doctor’s offices, Chinese restaurants, corporate headquarters, and in millions of homes throughout the world. Some studies report that they reduce anxiety, stress, ...

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) allows for whaling on otherwise protected animals when it is conducted by certain indigenous people to satisfy subsistence needs. The rules for aboriginal ...

Captive rhesus macaques are not naturally aggressive, but poor husbandry and handling practices can trigger their aggression toward conspecifics and toward the human handler. The myth of the ...

AWI works to influence policies and welfare standards that govern the way animals are treated during each phase of production. Welfare concerns vary based on species. Information about specific ...

Since 2007, AWI has led efforts to compel restaurants in US states and territories to stop serving shark fin soup, dumplings, and other shark fin products. Although hundreds of restaurants still serve ...

Most of the meat, poultry, egg, and dairy products sold in American grocery stores and restaurants come from animals raised under intensive conditions within concentrated animal feeding operations ...

1,529,587 farmed animals killed in barn fires in 2024.

Approximately 80 billion animals (not including fish) are slaughtered globally each year in the meat, dairy, and egg industries, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...

469,525 farm animals were killed in barn fires in 2019.

Since 2012, AWI and other groups have initiated four lawsuits to protect the red wolf (Canis rufus), the most endangered canid in the world, and one of the rarest mammals. Designated as an endangered ...