Christine Stevens (animal welfare activist) - Wikipedia
Stevens founded the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) in 1951 and the Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL) in 1955. [1] [2] [3] Under Stevens's leadership the SAPL succeeded in helping to pass animal protection laws including the Animal Welfare Act, Humane Slaughter Act, Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. [3]
Who We Are - Animal Welfare Institute
Christine Stevens has long been called the “Mother of the Animal Protection Movement” in America. For over half a century, she dedicated her life to reducing animal suffering both here and abroad.
AWI founder Christine Stevens dies – ANIMAL PEOPLE NEWS
Dec 1, 2002 · After Roger Lacey Stevens and associates bought the Empire State Building in 1951, Christine Stevens founded AWI from a rent-free office, focusing initially on the use of shelter animals in laboratories. In 1955 Stevens started the AWI political arm, the Society for Animal Protective Legislation.
Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards - Animal Welfare Institute
Now through March 3, 2025, AWI is accepting applications for its 2025 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards. This award program provides up to $15,000 to recipients to help spur innovative research on humane, nonlethal tools and techniques for wildlife …
Animal Welfare Institute - Wikipedia
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is an American non-profit charitable organization founded by Christine Stevens in 1951 with the goal of reducing suffering inflicted on animals by humans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is one of the oldest animal welfare organizations in the US.
Christine Stevens, 84, a Friend to the Animals
Oct 15, 2002 · Christine Stevens, who devoted her life to protecting all creatures -- elephants, whales and laboratory animals -- died last Thursday at Georgetown University Hospital.
AWI Grants Support Humane Strategies to Manage Human …
Jul 8, 2024 · The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the nine recipients of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing humane solutions to human-wildlife conflicts and less intrusive methods to study wildlife.
Christine Stevens (animal welfare activist) - Wikiwand
Oct 11, 2002 · Stevens founded the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) in 1951 and the Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL) in 1955. Under Stevens's leadership the SAPL succeeded in helping to pass animal protection laws including the Animal Welfare Act, Humane Slaughter Act, Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Women’s History Month in Animal Welfare – Christine Stevens
Mar 12, 2021 · Christine Stevens. Many key animal welfare legislative bills in the U.S. were signed into law thanks to the efforts of Christine Stevens, the founder of the Animal Welfare Institute. Stevens was born in St. Louis, Mo. and grew up in Ann Arbor, Mich., where her father was a physiology professor at the University of Michigan.
Science Blog -- Animals Worldwide Lose Their Strongest Advocate; AWI …
Christine Stevens established AWI primarily to end the cruel treatment of animals in experimental research laboratories. Over the following five decades she fought against cruel animal factory farms, the barbaric steel jaw leghold trap, commercial whaling, the slaughter of endangered species, and the burgeoning commercial killing of great apes.
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