We're pleased to announced that we are bringing back our Rally For Cecil event July 1-3, 2021 as a part of our Worldwide Rally Against Trophy Hunting campaign. As you may remember, CWI hosted the first Rally For Cecil event after the killing of Cecil the lion in 2015. The first Rally was extremely well attended both at our main rally in Las Vegas and at our solidarity rallies around the world! (Look back at our 2nd Rally For Cecil in 2017!) In 2018, the Rally For Cecil became

Today we are sad to report that Botswana has once again reopened trophy hunting of the country's elephants. After covid-19 interrupted the first hunt in many years (thanks to a ban instituted by the country's previous president), President Masisi--who CWI has protested on a speaking engagement in Las Vegas--is allowing the killing of this year's elephants AND last years. The total allowed kill will be 287 souls at a cost of up to $43,000 per animal. This anti-scientific money

The Nevada Wildlife Commission failed to take action on a petition requesting that hounding be banned as a means of hunting bears during the annual Nevada black bear trophy hunt. Only 2 of the 9 commissioners voted in favor of the petition. This is unsurprising because, like most state wildlife commissions, the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners is stacked with special interests including hunters, ranchers, and farmers --all individuals with an interest in killing native

CWI is pleased to share a new webpage we've created to empower animal advocates to more easily take action against Shrine circuses. The new page, www.circusprotest.com/shrinecircuses, makes it easy to locate a Shrine circus in your area and to gain contact info for that Shrine so that you can contact them asking them to stop using animals in their circus performances. We've also included an explanation of Shrine circuses, which are often poorly understood in terms of their st

A bill that would prohibit the use of several animals, including elephants and tigers, in circuses has been proposed in Colorado. If you are in Colorado, we ask that you please take action today by contacting the Colorado Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee. To read the text of the bill, click here. Please email: kerry.donovan.senate@state.co.us; jessie.danielson.senate@state.co.us; rhonda.fields.senate@state.co.us; senatorsonnenberg@gmail.com; don.coram.senate@s

On Friday, March 19th, the Nevada Wildlife Commission will hold a meeting. The need to hear from you today regarding the evil practice of using packs of hounds to harass and chase bears so that hunters can easily shoot them ("hounding"). We have made it easy for you to speak out at this page: cwint.org/hounding. In just a couple of clicks you can get an email to the commission letting them know you oppose this archaic and immoral practice! Hounding is an unsporting and vile a