a red kangaroo hops across a meadow

Volume 73  Issue 1

Spring 2024

In this Issue

AWI helps secure protections for Caribbean wildlife, reports on conditions for captive orcas in China, and pushes for US standards to prevent grueling long-distance transport of newborn calves and others unfit to travel. In a Colorado corral, tragic consequences of the BLM’s wild horse management failures. National Primate Research Centers seek to expand while ignoring chronic welfare issues. And a global campaign to end the brutal annual cull of Australia’s kangaroos gains steam.

A red kangaroo hops across an Australian spring meadow. In Australia, kangaroo imagery is everywhere—on national and state coats of arms, police badges, the tourism agency logo, airplane tail fins, and more. Yet, every year in Australia, about 5 million red and other kangaroo species are killed in unsupervised nighttime hunts to supply meat and skins for a global market. An international campaign to protect Australia’s most iconic animal, however, is turning the tide against this inhumane and unsustainable practice.

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Featured in This Issue

After the Roundup: The Fate of Wild Horses in Government Holding Facilities

Equines
a kangaroo looks around at a beach

Building the Movement to Ban Commercial Kangaroo Killing

Terrestrial Wildlife
lesser Antillean iguana sits in a tree

Caribbean Species Gain Protections at SPAW Protocol Meeting

Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial Wildlife
a sad macaque looks up in a facility

Good Money After Bad: Primate Research Centers Seek Funds to Expand While Failing on Animal Welfare

Animals in Laboratories, Terrestrial Wildlife
Long, Hard Road: Interstate Transport of Animals Unfit to Travel
Farmed Animals
On Orca Captivity, China Chooses Regressive Path
Marine Wildlife
Shark Killing Shows No Sign of Slowing Down
Marine Wildlife

More in this Issue

AWI Awards First “Safe Havens for Pets” Grants

 Companion Animals

AWI’s Refinement Database Adds New Search Filter

 Animals in Laboratories

Animal Welfare Measures in State Legislatures

 Terrestrial Wildlife

Another Devastating Year for Barn Fires

 Farmed Animals

BLM’s Bumbling Efforts on Birth Control

 Equines, Terrestrial Wildlife

Bycatch Standards Bypass Foreign Fisheries

 Marine Wildlife

Climate Change Could Trigger Catastrophic Species Loss

 Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial Wildlife

Drawing the Curtain on Cetacean Captivity

 Marine Wildlife

EPA Drops Target Date but Expands Scope of Animal Testing Phase-Out

 Animals in Laboratories

IWC Scientific Committee Advances Cetacean Conservation

 Marine Wildlife

Massive Monkey Breeding Facility Planned in Georgia

 Animals in Laboratories, Terrestrial Wildlife

Mistreatment of Birds in Slaughter Plants Goes Unchecked

 Farmed Animals

Petition Seeks Regs to Rein in Wildlife Services

 Terrestrial Wildlife

Protecting Predators on National Wildlife Refuges

 Terrestrial Wildlife

Right Whale Calf Dies After Apparent Boat Collision

 Marine Wildlife

Right Whale Recovery Faces Roadblocks in Congress

 Marine Wildlife

USDA Acquiescence in Cruel Killing Method

 Farmed Animals

Reviews

different wild animals surrounding illustrated city

The Accidental Ecosystem

 Terrestrial Wildlife
red illustrated deer run across a page

The Age of Deer

 Terrestrial Wildlife
dolphin pokes head through left side of book cover

The Dolphin Who Saved Me

 Marine Wildlife