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Illinois Bill Requiring Disease Monitoring on Mink Farms Passes House Committee
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) celebrates today’s passage of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act (H.B. 2627) in the ...
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Amid Legal Troubles, Monkey-Breeding Facility Backers Expand Operations
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is deeply concerned by the recent announcement that Safer Human Medicine (SHM)—the company ...
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ProTECT Act Would Protect Species Killed as Trophies
Act (H.R. 1934) was reintroduced yesterday by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA). The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends Lieu for ...
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USDA’s Bird Flu Strategy Inadequate to Control Disease and Prevent Inhumane Treatment
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 ...
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To Celebrate National Horse Protection Day, Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to End Horse Slaughter
Endorsed by leading animal welfare and industry groups, the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act would expand the Dog and Cat Meat Prohibition Act to include equines, permanently protecting ...
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Housing Insecurity with Pets
According to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2023 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, the ...
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List of Endangered Species
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 ...