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Animal Welfare Institute
SAVE THE SHARKS!
The Shark Conservation Act of 2009 Approaches the Finish Line in Senate as it passed out of committee today. The bill will end the inhumane killing of Sharks for Shark Fin Soup! Please visit AWI's Compassion Index and send an email to your Senators in support of this bill. It is important for the Senat...e to vote as soon as possible. http://www.awionline.org/ht/display/Rele aseDetails/i/16528/pid/200Read More
The Shark Conservation Act of 2009 Approaches the Finish Line in Senate as it passed out of committee today. The bill will end the inhumane killing of Sharks for Shark Fin Soup! Please visit AWI's Compassion Index and send an email to your Senators in support of this bill. It is important for the Senat...e to vote as soon as possible. http://www.awionline.org/ht/display/Rele

Animal Welfare Institute Contact your Representative and both Senators in support of the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (H.R. 1549/S. 619).
Source: www.awionline.org
The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act, will prohibit the nontherapeutic feeding of medically important antibiotics to livestock.

Animal Welfare Institute Support the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act (H.R. 3710). Write Your Congressman today! www.CompassionIndex.org
Source: www.awionline.org
Indianapolis, IN — More than 40 scientists, veterinarians, and attorneys and a coalition of wildlife advocacy organizations including Project Coyote, Indiana Coyote Rescue (ICR), and the Animal Welfare ...

Animal Welfare Institute Send an email to the US Senate in support of the Restore our American Mustangs Act. This is the only way we can keep the BLM from destroying our wild horses. Visit www.awionline.org/takeaction
Source: www.usatoday.com
The Obama administration's first try at resolving the debate over the wild horses of the West has not gone over well with some.

Animal Welfare Institute Please write your US Representative Today in Support of the Pet Safety and Protection Act.
Source: capwiz.com
Class B dealers sell non-purpose-bred dogs and cats for research. They are supposed to acquire the animals they sell only from other dealers, pounds, and individuals who have bred and raised the ...

Animal Welfare Institute Please write your US Senators Today in Support of the Pet Safety and Protection Act (S. 1834). AWI Alert for Representatives coming soon.
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Class B dealers sell non-purpose-bred dogs and cats for research. They are supposed to acquire the animals they sell only from other dealers, pounds, and individuals who have bred and raised the ...

Animal Welfare Institute Trial Challenging Wind Energy Impacts on Endangered Bat Set to Begin in Federal Court
Source: www.awionline.org
Washington, D.C. – Today a groundbreaking trial began in Federal District Court in Greenbelt, MD (6500 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt, MD 20770) pitting a massive wind energy development in West Virginia ...

Animal Welfare Institute Washington Post article on our trial to protect endangered Indiana bats.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Environmentalists Divided Over Wind Turbines,Endangered Bat

Animal Welfare Institute trial begins in suit to protect endangered bats in West Virginia.
Source: wjz.com
Attorneys for two environmental groups say a proposed West Virginia wind farm will harm endangered bats and its developers should be required to obtain permits under the Endangered Species Act. The attorneys plan to present that case in a bench trial set to begin Wednesday in U.S. ...

Animal Welfare Institute Help ban steel-jaw traps on Refuges and take action on other important bills. Visit AWI's Compassion Index, click on Find Your Legislator, enter your zip and take action today! Thanks!
Source: www.compassionindex.org
The Compassion Index is the Animal Welfare Institute's (AWI) Legislative Action Center. Founded in 1951, AWI is an international non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans.

Animal Welfare Institute thinks everyone should watch this investigative report on the government's destruction of our wild horses. With almost 300 million acres of public land in the West, there is no reason wild horses can't be left alone to roam freely as intended.
Source: www.lasvegasnow.com
Half of the country's wild horses are in Nevada and the BLM is gathering them off of public land in record numbers with increasingly thin justifications behind the roundups.

Animal Welfare Institute
if you are in DC this weekend be sure to stop by AWI's booth (405) at Greenfest! It should be another great event. http://www.greenfestivals.org/washington -dc/ http://www.greenfestivals.org/washington -dc/
Source: www.greenfestivals.org
Green Festival - The World's Largest Environmental Expo

Animal Welfare Institute The animals need your help. Visit www.compassionindex.org, click on Find Your Legislator, enter your zip and take action today! Thanks! http://www.compassionindex.org
Source: www.compassionindex.org
The Compassion Index is the Animal Welfare Institute's (AWI) Legislative Action Center. Founded in 1951, AWI is an international non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans.

















