Act (H.R. 1934) was reintroduced yesterday by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA). The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends Lieu for ...

According to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2023 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, the ...

In honor of National Horse Protection Day on March 1, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers today reintroduced the Save ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) appreciates that the US Department of Agriculture has developed a revised strategy to address the staggering impacts of the current bird flu outbreak, yet the ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is deeply concerned by the recent announcement that Safer Human Medicine (SHM)—the company ...

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 ...

Every piece of legislation starts as an idea, and that idea can come from a legislator, a staff member, a professional lobbyist, or an “average citizen.” Legislation succeeds or fails depending on a ...

Historically, grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) inhabited most of the western contiguous United States, while black bears (Ursus americanus) were common in forested areas throughout the country.

An award program to fund innovative strategies for humane, nonlethal wildlife conflict management and improved methods of wildlife study. Now through March 3, 2025, AWI is accepting applications for ...

In 1995, Robert Small and Douglas DeMaster calculated annual survivorship rates (ASRs) in captive orcas and compared these results to the ASRs of wild orcas living in the Pacific Northwest of North ...

The human-animal bond is mutually beneficial, and the welfare of people and their pets is inextricably linked. At times, the welfare of both is jeopardized by concerns such as homelessness or abuse.