Yesterday, the Trump administration unveiled proposed sweeping changes to Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations that would ...

The Earth is currently experiencing its sixth major extinction event. One million species globally are at risk of extinction in the next few decades, including 27 percent of the world’s mammals, 41 ...

Click the link below to donate to the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) via PayPal. This will take you to the PayPal site where you can contribute using either your PayPal account or a credit card. (If ...

Female Orcas can live up to 90 years in the wild. Of the wild-caught orcas who have died in captivity, half died after only 4 years. View this inforgraphic for more details.

In 2019, Canada enacted a ban on the import and export of shark fins not still naturally attached to the rest of the shark, becoming the first G20 nation to do so. Below is a directory of restaurants ...

Guidance for Advocates and Attorneys for Domestic Violence Survivors 1 This guide is intended to serve as a resource 2 to help advocates and attorneys get pets of domestic violence (DV) survivors ...

Captive rhesus macaques are not naturally aggressive, but poor husbandry and handling practices can trigger their aggression toward conspecifics and toward the human handler. The myth of the ...

Injurious self-biting is one of the most serious problems in primate colonies (Niemeyer, Gray, & Stephen, 1996). "Approximately 10% of captive, individually-housed monkeys engage in the disturbing ...

Author presents case histories of Primarily Primate's treatment of individual primates with problems common to humanized and abused primates. Among the methods effectively used were gradual ...

Laboratory animal facilities have traditionally held rabbits in individual cages, regardless of the type of experiment that the animals are involved in. For many investigations, group-housing would ...

The 3Rs (replacement, reduction, refinement) are a set of principles that provide an internationally accepted framework toward achieving more humane scientific research by minimizing animal distress.

The use of woodchips as bedding for 16 juvenile chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) was evaluated for the effects on behaviour, health and husbandry practices. Woodchip bedding was placed in two outdoor ...