The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), in coordination with the Species Survival Network (SSN), today recognized eight ...

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 ...

On November 5, 2002, voters in Florida approved the first US law prohibiting the use of small “gestation crates” to house pregnant sows. Such crates are but one example of the extreme animal ...

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 ...

Barn fires cause immense suffering, killing hundreds of thousands of farmed animals every year. Some farmed animals die almost immediately as fires burn through the barns, while others have to be ...

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 ...

What if an animal could entertain and educate millions of people annually, enhance productivity (thereby increasing the number of fish in the sea), mitigate climate change, feed billions of marine ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 vast majority of animals are used for research purposes, whereas a much smaller percentage are used in testing. It is common for people to use the shorthand “animal research” or “animal testing” ...

Reports of the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria dominated the media this past September. In the midst of all that, particularly notable were the scenes of residents being ...