Animal Welfare Institute
@awionline.org
Seeking to improve the welfare of animals everywhere: in agriculture, in commerce, in our homes and communities, in research, and in the wild.
The 2026 Animal Welfare Institute Scholarship is now open! 🎓
The scholarship is open to US-based high school seniors who plan to pursue a career helping animals. Recipients will receive a one-time award of $3,000. Learn more and apply: awionline.org/scholarship
The scholarship is open to US-based high school seniors who plan to pursue a career helping animals. Recipients will receive a one-time award of $3,000. Learn more and apply: awionline.org/scholarship
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The 2026 Animal Welfare Institute Scholarship is now open! 🎓
The scholarship is open to US-based high school seniors who plan to pursue a career helping animals. Recipients will receive a one-time award of $3,000. Learn more and apply: awionline.org/scholarship
The scholarship is open to US-based high school seniors who plan to pursue a career helping animals. Recipients will receive a one-time award of $3,000. Learn more and apply: awionline.org/scholarship
Shopping for #Thanksgiving dinner? Deceptive food labels prey on our desire for better treatment of animals, but some labels are more meaningful than others. 🦃
Save our guide to common food labels for when you go shopping: awionline.org/sites/defaul...
Save our guide to common food labels for when you go shopping: awionline.org/sites/defaul...
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Shopping for #Thanksgiving dinner? Deceptive food labels prey on our desire for better treatment of animals, but some labels are more meaningful than others. 🦃
Save our guide to common food labels for when you go shopping: awionline.org/sites/defaul...
Save our guide to common food labels for when you go shopping: awionline.org/sites/defaul...
The Trump administration is, once again, proposing sweeping changes to Endangered Species Act regulations that would leave threatened and endangered wildlife at a heightened risk of extinction. We fought these rules during the first term, and we’re ready to fight them again.
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Trump administration is, once again, proposing sweeping changes to Endangered Species Act regulations that would leave threatened and endangered wildlife at a heightened risk of extinction. We fought these rules during the first term, and we’re ready to fight them again.
AWI hosted an exhibition booth at this year’s American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (#AALAS) National Meeting in Long Beach! Animal care techs, vets, lab managers, and more stopped by to pick up materials and learn more about improving welfare for animals in labs.
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
AWI hosted an exhibition booth at this year’s American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (#AALAS) National Meeting in Long Beach! Animal care techs, vets, lab managers, and more stopped by to pick up materials and learn more about improving welfare for animals in labs.
TAKE ACTION: Urge your US representative to oppose the SPEED Act, a bill that would disregard science and allow projects such as new power plants, oil and gas development, and logging to move forward without proper consideration of environmental impacts: www.congressweb.com/AWI/533?fram...
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
TAKE ACTION: Urge your US representative to oppose the SPEED Act, a bill that would disregard science and allow projects such as new power plants, oil and gas development, and logging to move forward without proper consideration of environmental impacts: www.congressweb.com/AWI/533?fram...
Educators, visit our booth, #1308, at this week's Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching, presented by the Science Teachers Association of Texas, in Dallas!
We have free books, lesson plans, & more, all designed to help teachers incorporate more compassion in the classroom. #STATCAST25
We have free books, lesson plans, & more, all designed to help teachers incorporate more compassion in the classroom. #STATCAST25
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Educators, visit our booth, #1308, at this week's Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching, presented by the Science Teachers Association of Texas, in Dallas!
We have free books, lesson plans, & more, all designed to help teachers incorporate more compassion in the classroom. #STATCAST25
We have free books, lesson plans, & more, all designed to help teachers incorporate more compassion in the classroom. #STATCAST25
Meet Nancy Blaney. Your federal legislators probably have.
Nancy, AWI Government Affairs Program Director, has spent decades fighting for protections for animals. Read her profile in the AWI Quarterly: awionline.org/awi-quarterl...
Nancy, AWI Government Affairs Program Director, has spent decades fighting for protections for animals. Read her profile in the AWI Quarterly: awionline.org/awi-quarterl...
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Meet Nancy Blaney. Your federal legislators probably have.
Nancy, AWI Government Affairs Program Director, has spent decades fighting for protections for animals. Read her profile in the AWI Quarterly: awionline.org/awi-quarterl...
Nancy, AWI Government Affairs Program Director, has spent decades fighting for protections for animals. Read her profile in the AWI Quarterly: awionline.org/awi-quarterl...
Last month, the Trump administration announced it had finalized plans to begin oil & gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Ironically, this announcement, which would impact 700+ species that call the refuge home, came just before #PolarBearWeek.
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Last month, the Trump administration announced it had finalized plans to begin oil & gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Ironically, this announcement, which would impact 700+ species that call the refuge home, came just before #PolarBearWeek.
This week, AWI’s Humane Education team is returning to North Carolina for the North Carolina Science Teachers Association conference! Stop by booth 312 for free books, lesson plans, and more, all designed to help teachers incorporate more compassion in the classroom. #NCSTA
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This week, AWI’s Humane Education team is returning to North Carolina for the North Carolina Science Teachers Association conference! Stop by booth 312 for free books, lesson plans, and more, all designed to help teachers incorporate more compassion in the classroom. #NCSTA
A new study from Kansas State University researchers and AWI Companion Animal Program director Claire Coughlin offers new insight and adds to a growing body of evidence regarding the substantial overlap between child abuse and animal abuse.
More here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lyq4X18Yd....
More here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lyq4X18Yd....
November 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A new study from Kansas State University researchers and AWI Companion Animal Program director Claire Coughlin offers new insight and adds to a growing body of evidence regarding the substantial overlap between child abuse and animal abuse.
More here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lyq4X18Yd....
More here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lyq4X18Yd....
What do penguins, seals and whales all have in common? 🐧🦭🐋
They depend on Antarctica’s krill, a shrimp-like crustacean that’s also a massive carbon sink. Right now, krill fishing is at record highs, threatening the entire ecosystem.
They depend on Antarctica’s krill, a shrimp-like crustacean that’s also a massive carbon sink. Right now, krill fishing is at record highs, threatening the entire ecosystem.
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
What do penguins, seals and whales all have in common? 🐧🦭🐋
They depend on Antarctica’s krill, a shrimp-like crustacean that’s also a massive carbon sink. Right now, krill fishing is at record highs, threatening the entire ecosystem.
They depend on Antarctica’s krill, a shrimp-like crustacean that’s also a massive carbon sink. Right now, krill fishing is at record highs, threatening the entire ecosystem.
Earlier this month, AWI staff attorneys Adrienne Craig and Ashley Ridgway attended the 33rd Animal Law Conference (#ALC2025), organized by the @animallegaldefense.bsky.social and the Center for Animal Law Studies, in Chicago!
October 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Earlier this month, AWI staff attorneys Adrienne Craig and Ashley Ridgway attended the 33rd Animal Law Conference (#ALC2025), organized by the @animallegaldefense.bsky.social and the Center for Animal Law Studies, in Chicago!
Big news for animals in Puerto Rico: The Federación Protectora de Animales signed an agreement with the PR Dept. of Education to provide humane education training for 8,000 educators so they can teach hundreds of thousands of students the importance of being kind to animals.
October 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Big news for animals in Puerto Rico: The Federación Protectora de Animales signed an agreement with the PR Dept. of Education to provide humane education training for 8,000 educators so they can teach hundreds of thousands of students the importance of being kind to animals.
Today is #WorldKangarooDay, and we’re joining Kangaroos Alive to recognize these beloved Australian marsupials—and raise awareness of the danger they face from commercial hunting.
Learn more at worldkangarooday.org 🦘
Learn more at worldkangarooday.org 🦘
October 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Today is #WorldKangarooDay, and we’re joining Kangaroos Alive to recognize these beloved Australian marsupials—and raise awareness of the danger they face from commercial hunting.
Learn more at worldkangarooday.org 🦘
Learn more at worldkangarooday.org 🦘
Good news for octopuses! Last week, Chile became the first country in Latin America to introduce legislation to ban octopus farming nationwide. AWI applauds this historic move toward the protection of octopuses. 🐙
Learn more about octopus farming: awionline.org/content/octo....
Learn more about octopus farming: awionline.org/content/octo....
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Good news for octopuses! Last week, Chile became the first country in Latin America to introduce legislation to ban octopus farming nationwide. AWI applauds this historic move toward the protection of octopuses. 🐙
Learn more about octopus farming: awionline.org/content/octo....
Learn more about octopus farming: awionline.org/content/octo....
Going grocery shopping? Check out AWI’s updated guide to help you choose more compassionate dairy, egg, meat, and seafood products and debunk common (and confusing!) labels: awionline.org/sites/defaul...
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Going grocery shopping? Check out AWI’s updated guide to help you choose more compassionate dairy, egg, meat, and seafood products and debunk common (and confusing!) labels: awionline.org/sites/defaul...
TY to @repluna.bsky.social and others who joined a letter from Republican lawmakers to the House Agriculture Committee calling for the next farm bill to be free of language that would undo Prop 12 and similar state-level standards aimed at improving conditions for farmed animals.
October 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
TY to @repluna.bsky.social and others who joined a letter from Republican lawmakers to the House Agriculture Committee calling for the next farm bill to be free of language that would undo Prop 12 and similar state-level standards aimed at improving conditions for farmed animals.
This #WorldOctopusDay, octopuses are facing unprecedented threats as companies abroad work to create the first large-scale commercial octopus farms.
Urge your senators to cosponsor the OCTOPUS Act, which would prohibit this cruel practice in the US: awionline.org/action-cente...
Urge your senators to cosponsor the OCTOPUS Act, which would prohibit this cruel practice in the US: awionline.org/action-cente...
October 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This #WorldOctopusDay, octopuses are facing unprecedented threats as companies abroad work to create the first large-scale commercial octopus farms.
Urge your senators to cosponsor the OCTOPUS Act, which would prohibit this cruel practice in the US: awionline.org/action-cente...
Urge your senators to cosponsor the OCTOPUS Act, which would prohibit this cruel practice in the US: awionline.org/action-cente...
October is #DVAwarenessMonth, and we are calling attention to the tragic impact of domestic violence on people & pets.
It’s why we founded Safe Havens for Pets, a national directory connecting those facing DV & homelessness w/ pet sheltering resources—because pets are family, too.
It’s why we founded Safe Havens for Pets, a national directory connecting those facing DV & homelessness w/ pet sheltering resources—because pets are family, too.
October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
October is #DVAwarenessMonth, and we are calling attention to the tragic impact of domestic violence on people & pets.
It’s why we founded Safe Havens for Pets, a national directory connecting those facing DV & homelessness w/ pet sheltering resources—because pets are family, too.
It’s why we founded Safe Havens for Pets, a national directory connecting those facing DV & homelessness w/ pet sheltering resources—because pets are family, too.
Earlier this week, AWI representatives and other animal welfare and conservation groups were in Washington, DC, to meet with members of Congress about the importance of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
September 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Earlier this week, AWI representatives and other animal welfare and conservation groups were in Washington, DC, to meet with members of Congress about the importance of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
TAKE ACTION: The Marine Mammal Protection Act faces the most serious threat in its long history—draft legislation that, if enacted, would gut its core protections at a time when marine mammals need them most. #SavetheMMPA #marinemammals 🧵
September 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
TAKE ACTION: The Marine Mammal Protection Act faces the most serious threat in its long history—draft legislation that, if enacted, would gut its core protections at a time when marine mammals need them most. #SavetheMMPA #marinemammals 🧵
AWI staff members Maisy Englund & Ashley Ridgway recently attended #WC13 Rio, an event bringing together scientists, researchers, policymakers & other stakeholders to discuss the latest developments in the field of alternatives to animal use in testing, research & education.
September 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
AWI staff members Maisy Englund & Ashley Ridgway recently attended #WC13 Rio, an event bringing together scientists, researchers, policymakers & other stakeholders to discuss the latest developments in the field of alternatives to animal use in testing, research & education.
September is #NationalPreparednessMonth. Make sure your plans for keeping safe during natural disasters are current and include your pets. Below is a review of tropical severe weather protocols. 🧵
September 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
September is #NationalPreparednessMonth. Make sure your plans for keeping safe during natural disasters are current and include your pets. Below is a review of tropical severe weather protocols. 🧵
TAKE ACTION: As Congress returns from its August recess, now is the time to contact your federal legislators in support of strong protections for equines! Join AWI, Homes for Horses Coalition, and American Wild Horse Conservation for a day of action in support of the following bills: 🧵
September 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
TAKE ACTION: As Congress returns from its August recess, now is the time to contact your federal legislators in support of strong protections for equines! Join AWI, Homes for Horses Coalition, and American Wild Horse Conservation for a day of action in support of the following bills: 🧵