TAX BURDEN: Wild horses face slaughter Oct 28, 2009
Chris Heyde, deputy director and lobbyist for the Animal Welfare Institute, says his group hopes opposition to slaughter in Congress and a sympathetic Obama administration will cause the BLM to drop euthanasia and slaughter sales. As a senator, Barack Obama co-sponsored legislation to protect wild horses, Heyde says. (USA Today -- Tech)
Wild horse debate gallops on Oct 28, 2009
"We have almost 300 million acres of public land in the West, and they (the horses) are going to come East. ... That's ridiculous," says Chris Heyde, lobbyist for the Animal Welfare Institute in Washington. The bureau denies favoring cattle ranchers. (USA Today -- Tech)
Environmentalists divided over wind project Oct 23, 2009
Cowan and other plaintiffs, including the Animal Welfare Institute, an organization based in Washington, D.C., support wind power as one way to help mitigate climate change. But they say this setting, a lush, rural area where coal and timber industries once dominated, is the wrong one. (Boston Globe)
Will wind farm harm endangered bat? Oct 22, 2009
The Washington-based Animal Welfare Institute and the Williamsburg, W.Va. -based Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy sued Rockville-based Beech Ridge Energy and Invenergy Wind. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Senate urged to guard mustangs Sep 30, 2009
But Chris Heyde of the Animal Welfare Institute said the horses' range has been shrinking while an estimated 8 million cows and other livestock graze on about 235 million acres of federal land in 11 Western states. The horses' range land has been slashed from nearly 54 million acres in 1971 to about 34 million acres today in Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and other states in the West and Midwest. (AZCentral -- News)
Shielding sharks: Advocate helps establish states first Shark Free Marina in Harwich Port Jul 28, 2009
The Animal Welfare Institute estimates 73 million sharks are killed each year by finning. We need to set an example for other nations, Metzler said. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Should nature be able to take you to court? Jul 19, 2009
In Animal Welfare Institute v. Kreps, in 1977, several environmentalist groups sued to stop US firms from importing baby sealskins from South Africa, asserting that their members suffered aesthetic, recreational, and educational losses from the brutal deaths of the seals. One of the members announced a plan to visit South Africa. (Boston Globe)
Tiger Farms: A Ticket to Extinction May 9, 2009
American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine * AMUR * Animal Welfare Institute * Animals Asia Foundation * Association of Zoos Aquariums * Big Cat Rescue * Born Free Foundation * Born Free USA * British and Irish Association of Zoos iums * Care for the Wild International * Conservation International * Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine * David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation * Education for Nature Vietnam * Environmental Investigation Agency * Global Tiger Patrol *... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill - Remembering the Millions Who Died and the Ongoing Devastating Consequences Mar 24, 2009
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) remembers the more than 3,000 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250,000 murres, 14 orcas, and countless fish, benthic invertebrates, and other species who died, oftentimes horrible deaths, because of the spill ... SOURCE Animal Welfare Institute. (PR Newswire)
Advance Fee Loans Mar 14, 2009
Nope, that was the Animal Welfare Institute. And, how about Image Financial Cooperation at 724 9th Street, Northwest. (W-USA News, DC)
Circus CEO defends striking of elephants Mar 4, 2009
The animal rights groups, including the Animal Welfare Institute, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the Fund for Animals, are suing to stop Ringling Bros. from using elephants in their shows. (Boston Globe)
Actually, They Don't Shoot Horses Feb 26, 2009
Explainer thanks Chris Heyde of the Animal Welfare Institute, Nancy Perry of the Humane Society of the United States, and Susan Wagner of Equine Advocates. is a Slate political reporter. (Slate)
Cougar plan criticized Feb 16, 2009
"Basically, what they're doing is applying the Sarah Palin method of wildlife management, which is to remove animals with big teeth in order to promote the animals hunters like to shoot," said D.J. Schubert, a wildlife biologist with the Animal Welfare Institute based in Washington D.C.. "It's an archaic form of wildlife management. Unfortunately, they're making the mountain lion a scapegoat, despite the importance of the mountain lion as a top-line predator in any ecosystem," he said. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Nev. plans more lion hunts in effort to save deer Feb 16, 2009
"It's an archaic form of wildlife management," said Schubert, of the Washington-based Animal Welfare Institute. "Unfortunately, they're making the mountain lion a scapegoat, despite the importance of the mountain lion as a top-line predator in any ecosystem.". (Anchorage Daily News)
Horse slaughter facility promoted Feb 9, 2009
Friday wrote on Feb 8, 2009 9:10 AM:" Read before you state facts. SD plant is voted down by hue majority.The issue of horse slaughter has received plenty of coverage over the last few months as the last American facilities have closed, and the debate is not slowing down. In South Dakota, a state senator recently introduced a bill to allow $1 million in state loans to fund the building of a horse slaughterhouse there, and the response against it was overwhelming, reports Bill Harlan of the Rapid... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Elephant Abuse Under Big Top? Feb 8, 2009
An undercover video provided to CBS News by the Animal Welfare Institute shows Asian elephants kept by Ringling Bros ... However, the Animal Welfare Institute maintains that Ringling Bros. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Activists, circus square off over elephants Feb 7, 2009
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Animal Welfare Institute and other activist groups say they will prove that Asian elephants are injured physically and emotionally by their treatment in the circus. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Environment)
