Summer 2025
volume:2
issue:74
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Over a quarter million people in the United States are experiencing unsheltered homelessness. Research suggests up to one-fourth of them may have pets—animals whose love and companionship can provide invaluable emotional support in times of crisis. Having a pet, however, can also limit access to shelter services. AWI wants to change that. In 2011, we launched our Safe Havens for Pets directory of sheltering resources for domestic violence survivors with pets. An expanded directory now includes sheltering resources for unhoused individuals with pets as well.
In this Issue: AWI’s Safe Havens for Pets directory expands to include shelter services for unhoused people with pets. An AWI report addresses the USDA’s chronic failure to curb cruelty at slaughterhouses. Colorado cracks down on wildlife trafficking, while in our nation’s capital, the outlook for animals is increasingly dire, as the Trump administration dismantles federal conservation and animal research programs, eviscerates long-standing environmental laws, and throws open vital habitat to extractive industries. Internationally, AWI celebrates an animal welfare champion, and commercial whalers encounter a collapsing market.
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