I believe it's legitimate. Animal welfare needs to collect members in order to lobby the government more effectively to bring in stronger legislation to punish dog fighters.

AWIP is ringing about the petition and signing up to become a member.

Received a call from AWIP, requesting that I join as a member since I had previously signed a petition.

Just received a call from the Animal Welfare Investigations Project, as I've previously signed their petition about dog fighting.