The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, reintroduced today in the US House of ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and an international coalition of animal protection and environmental groups are calling on Yahoo! Japan and its parent company, the LY Corporation, to stop selling ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds recent announcements by the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is deeply concerned that the administration's proposed fiscal year 2026 budget omits critical protections for wild horses and burros, which could ...

Tens of millions of animals are used annually for research, testing, and education throughout the United States. Facilities that breed, hold, or use animals for scientific purposes are expected—at ...

Today, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed S.B. 25-168 into law to combat wildlife trafficking. The bipartisan legislation, which is unique among states for the number of species covered, establishes ...

Washington, DC—Repeat violators of the federal Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA) continue to escape meaningful enforcement by the US Department of Agriculture, resulting in continued animal ...

Washington, DC—Eighty-eight percent of American consumers believe that claims such as “humanely raised” or “sustainably farmed” on meat and poultry products should be based on meaningful, measurable ...

On December 27, 2020, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act was signed into law as a component of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Enactment of this law implements federal oversight of ...

Support Legislation to Protect Horses, Donkeys, and Mules Contact your representative and senators and encourage them to support legislation to help horses, including the SAFE Act to end horse ...