This booklet from the Homes for Horses Coalition offers tips to help equine rescues, sanctuaries, and welfare organizations be effective advocates for federal equine protection policies; includes an ...

A report developed by AWI in partnership with the ASPCA and Farm Forward that examines the history and importance of establishing animal welfare regulations under the National Organic Program and the ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes today’s reintroduction of the Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act (AWEIA) ...

At a June 1 reception in Washington, DC, AWI’s board of directors, staff, and more than 100 friends gathered to commemorate ...

Since 1951, the Animal Welfare Institute has been dedicated to alleviating animal suffering caused by people. We seek to improve the welfare of animals everywhere: in agriculture, in commerce, in our ...

Children’s book that tells the true story of a brave and resilient pit bull mix named Denali, who has survived and thrived ...

Washington, DC—Earlier this week, the US Department of the Interior and the US Department of Agriculture announced a $30 million investment in fertility control to manage federally protected wild ...

Washington, DC—New documents obtained by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) through a public records request confirm an outbreak of highly ...

For decades, AWI and others have raised concerns about the welfare of farmed animals during transport. Rough handling during loading and unloading, long periods without food or water, overcrowding, ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today announced the nine recipients of its annual Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing more humane, innovative, and nonlethal methods ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today announced the upcoming release of Denali’s New Life, a children’s book that tells the true story of Denali, a pit bull mix with a gentle and ...

Every year, the Bureau of Land Management, the federal agency primarily charged with managing America’s wild horses and burros, subjects thousands of equines to brutal and chaotic helicopter roundups.