Following the ardent endorsement by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) of a harmful Farm Bill provision that ...

The Twenty-Eight Hour Law fails to protect animals from cruelty during transport. A new Government Accountability Office ...

AWI and Its Role in the History of Animal Welfare A writer for the Christian Science Monitor once dubbed AWI founder Christine Stevens the “Duchess of the Defenseless.” Others christened her the ...

Yesterday, the US Senate released a discussion draft of its version of the Farm Bill. In a victory for farmed animal welfare and consumers’ and states’ rights, the Senate text does not include the ...

Your support is urgently needed to help protect wildlife, including prairie dogs, beavers, and lesser prairie-chickens, on the Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands in Kansas and Colorado! For the ...

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) provides a framework to protect and recover species at risk of extinction, both domestically and abroad. Enacted in 1973, it has been credited with saving 99 percent ...

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently voted to include a bipartisan amendment prohibiting the ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) are urging the Russian Federation to suspend imports of cattle by sea from the United States. This request from ...

This riveting documentary tells the tragic story of Tyke, a wild elephant forced to live within the confines of circus life and perform tricks. In 1973, a very young Tyke was wrested from her family ...

Washington, DC—By a vote of 34–30, the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed its five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill, which includes a bipartisan amendment led ...

Transporting horses on roads can be dangerous and requires safety precautions. Double-deck trailers place horses at risk and are not appropriate for the species. These trailers do not provide the ...