In this Issue. Read about the dangers posed to black-footed ferrets, red-tailed hawks, and a host of other wild species from ...

As an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), aka “bird flu,” continues into its fifth year, the number of farmed birds killed has surpassed a grim 200 million. Though HPAI is nearly ...

AWI’s Safe Havens for Pets program is pleased to announce Oasis Women’s Center in Alton, Illinois, as the most recent recipient of a Safe Havens Desert Grant. Launched in 2024, this grant program is d ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today announced the recipients of its annual scholarship, which recognizes students who embody the organization’s goal of alleviating the suffering of animals caused ...

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) is currently updating Chapter 7.6 of its Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Killing of animals for disease control purposes, which provides international ...

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 ...

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

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently voted to include a bipartisan amendment prohibiting the transport of horses to slaughter for human consumption in the surface ...