Animal Welfare Institute: Government Spending Bill Sacrifices Right Whales For Lobster Industry
December 21, 2022
December 21, 2022
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (TNSgov) -- The Animal Welfare Institute issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022:
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is appalled that the omnibus spending bill unveiled by Congress today includes a last-minute policy rider that will all but ensure the extinction of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.
With only 340 right whales remaining and a dwindling number of reproductive females, Maine lawmakers pushed for a provision . . .
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is appalled that the omnibus spending bill unveiled by Congress today includes a last-minute policy rider that will all but ensure the extinction of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.
With only 340 right whales remaining and a dwindling number of reproductive females, Maine lawmakers pushed for a provision . . .