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Tomorrow at 10am ET, the House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a hearing, the purpose of which appears to be to obscure the immense value of the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act. 🧵

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#WYOMING residents: Please write to your state legislators, encouraging them to support and strengthen H.B. 275 to protect Wyoming’s wildlife from being deliberately run over by snowmobiles and other vehicles: www.congressweb.com/AWI/505?fram...

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TAKE ACTION: Urge the USDA to stand by its finalized Horse Protection Act regulations to protect horses from abuse! www.congressweb.com/AWI/503?fram...

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Last chance to apply for an AWI Scholarship! If you’re a high school senior in the US and interested in pursuing a career helping animals, submit your application and letters of recommendation by March 17. Learn more and apply ➡️ awionline.org/scholarship

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The 2000+ dolphins that inhabit Barataria Bay are at grave risk. A project diverting freshwater from the Mississippi into the bay has broken ground. The diversion would lower the bay’s salinity to intolerable levels for the dolphins, resulting in their slow, painful deaths.

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When fruit trees, food waste, and other attractants bring bears close to people, it can mean trouble—especially for the bears. Learn how AWI is working with People and Carnivores to help humans coexist peacefully with bears and other native carnivores: awionline.org/awi-quarterl...

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Bird flu isn’t only hurting consumers’ wallets—it’s a farmed animal welfare disaster, too. When bird flocks are culled due to disease outbreak, producers often use an inhumane method known as ventilation shutdown plus (VSD+), which kills animals by inducing heatstroke. Tap through to learn more.

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TAKE ACTION: Tomorrow, the Great Backyard Bird Count kicks off—four days of celebrating, counting, and enjoying birds! This annual initiative is run by @cornellbirds.bsky.social, and the data collected helps scientists track bird movements and populations. Learn how to get involved: ⬇️

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TAKE ACTION: The Endangered Species Act is a highly effective law—99% of listed species have been spared from extinction. Please write to your members of Congress, urging them to oppose any legislative attacks on the ESA. www.congressweb.com/AWI/288?fram...

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Reminder: Proposals for the 2025 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards, which provide up to $15,000 to help spur innovative research to aid in the development of techniques to humanely resolve human–wildlife conflicts and study wildlife, are due March 3.

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In response to @avmavets.bsky.social's request for comments, nearly 870 vets and vet students—including AWI members—urged revisions to its guidelines for killing methods for farmed animals, such as intentionally causing heat stroke among hens & bludgeoning piglets. awionline.org/press-releas...

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TAKE ACTION: Tell your senators to oppose the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), a trojan horse bill that would unleash clearcut logging, slash wildlife protections under the Endangered Species Act, and block science-based forest management: www.congressweb.com/AWI/502?fram...

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Read the latest edition of the AWI Quarterly to learn more about the Big Cat Public Safety Act, an AWI priority bill enacted in 2022, and the importance of ongoing public education and continued vigilance by authorities in enforcing this landmark law: awionline.org/awi-quarterl...

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TY, @repjoycemason.bsky.social, for sponsoring the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act in #Illinois! Mink on fur farms incubate diseases such as COVID-19 and #birdflu and spawn variants that could jump to humans—with potentially devastating results. Learn more: awionline.org/press-releas...

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What does “humanely raised” mean on a food label? It varies. Current USDA guidelines don’t define the term; they permit companies to print their 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, either on product packaging or on their website. Learn more via @publicnewsservice.bsky.social: www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-01-29/a...

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TAKE ACTION: Pres. Trump has signed multiple executive orders advancing policies disastrous to wildlife and ecosystems. Contact Congress and ask them to oppose these and any other anti-environmental executive orders: www.congressweb.com/AWI/501?fram...

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TY, Congressman Jeff Van Drew and Congresswoman Julia Brownley, for introducing the Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act to require that data collected from state child protection agencies include info about animal abuse as a risk factor for child abuse. awionline.org/press-releas...

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Upcoming webinar! February 12, join the Homes For Horses Coalition and archaeologist/author Dr. William T. Taylor to learn about the origins of horse domestication and how it transformed ecology, communication, culture, ceremony, and societal structure. Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Thank you, Counterpunch, for utilizing AWI’s “Enforcement of State Farmed Animal Welfare Laws” report to highlight the lack of enforcement of state farmed animal welfare laws—as well as the urgent need for more protections and robust, precise legislation. www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/24/s...

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AWI’s review of the USDA’s updated guidelines for producers on the use of higher-welfare label claims such as “free range” and “humanely raised” indicates that the voluntary guidelines remain insufficient to ensure that consumers are not deceived. Learn more: awionline.org/awi-quarterl...

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Today, the USDA announced that it will delay implementation of regulations, originally set to take effect February 1, to eliminate industry self-policing and prohibit devices associated with horse soring. Learn more: awionline.org/press-releas...

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High school seniors in the US: AWI is accepting applications for the Animal Welfare Institute #Scholarship! Submit your application and letter of recommendation no later than March 17. Learn more and apply: awionline.org/scholarship

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AWI condemns executive orders signed by President Trump that will harm wildlife and their habitats by expanding oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging; undermining bedrock environmental laws; and withdrawing the US from an important international climate agreement.

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As February creeps closer, we’re nearing the halfway point of the 2025 North Atlantic right whale calving season! So far, six NARW mother-and-calf pairs have been sighted, including two apparent first-time moms. Pictured here is Black Heart, a 20 y/o whale, and her new calf. 🥰🧵

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BREAKING NEWS: AWI, @nrdc.org, and @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social have reached an agreement with the federal government that will require the US to stop importing seafood that does not meet national standards for protecting marine mammals. Learn more: awionline.org/press-releas...

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Today, AWI celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Albert Schweitzer—an animal welfare visionary who was a colleague and inspiration to AWI’s founder, Christine Stevens.

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“The safety of a pet is directly linked to the safety of a survivor.” Thank you, Advocate Channel, for interviewing Claire Coughlin, director of AWI’s Companion Animal Program for this story about pet-friendly shelters for survivors of domestic violence. cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/mu0...

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