alert wild mink on wet forest rocks

Volume 70  Issue 1

Spring 2021

In this Issue

A call to end mink farming—a cruel, outdated industry that is also an incubator for COVID-19. AWI launches a challenge before the Federal Trade Commission to a deceptive animal welfare label claim by a prominent poultry producer. The USFWS is told (in court) to get it in gear on red wolf recovery. AWI scholarship winners take animal welfare ethic to college, while cuttlefish flex their brains by passing the famed marshmallow test. A new whale species is identified in the Gulf of Mexico.

Mink in the wild are high-energy animals, always on the move and on the alert. They can adapt to life in forests, grasslands—even semideserts, if enough water is present. As indicated on the cover, they are also perfectly happy to roam intertidal zones in search of crustaceans, fish, and other prey. In contrast, mink on fur farms lead lives of extreme confinement, under miserable (and largely unregulated) conditions. Mink farms, in addition to being cruel, are under increasing scrutiny as incubators of COVID-19. It is time to end mink farming in the United States.

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Featured in This Issue

A Call to Phase Out Mink Farms

Farmed Animals, Terrestrial Wildlife
A Pair of Sandhill Cranes stand on water at National Reserve

Administration Shows Early Enthusiasm for Wildlife Protection

Terrestrial Wildlife
domestic free range turkeys in a pasture on an Illinois farm

AWI Challenges Boar’s Head “Humanely Raised” Claim

Farmed Animals
silhouette of firefighter in front of burning farm

Barn Fires Continue to Kill Massive Numbers of Farm Animals

Farmed Animals
National Academies Report is a Positive Step Toward End of Soring
Equines
Paul Hoetjes: Defender of Caribbean Wildlife and Environment
Marine Wildlife
Positive Provisions for Animals in 2021 Spending Bill
Tens of Millions of Animals in Research Are Unprotected
Animals in Laboratories
Using Acoustics to Reduce Avian Collisions with Tall Structures
Terrestrial Wildlife

More in this Issue

AWI Scholarship Winners Pursue Higher Education to Help Animals

Animal Welfare Measures in the 117th Congress

Anti-confinement Regulations Overdue in Massachusetts

 Farmed Animals

Aquarium Import in Flux After Belugas Fall Ill

 Marine Wildlife

Court Orders USFWS to Get Red Wolf Recovery Back on Track

 Terrestrial Wildlife

Cuttlefish Show Cognitive Complexity 

 Animals in Laboratories, Marine Wildlife

Efforts to Weaken Migratory Bird Protections on Hold

 Terrestrial Wildlife

High Hopes Secretary Haaland Will Halt Surgical Sterilization Scheme

 Equines, Terrestrial Wildlife

Humane Control of Gray Squirrels in the UK

 Terrestrial Wildlife

Letting Animals Control the Remote

 Animals in Laboratories

Licensing Program Proposed for Puget Sound Whale-Watch Vendors

 Marine Wildlife

NOAA Proposes Rule to Curb Right Whale Deaths

 Marine Wildlife

New Report Examines How Biodiversity and Economic Health Intertwine

 Marine Wildlife

New System Allows Noninvasive Study of Freely Moving Macaques

 Animals in Laboratories

New Whale Species Identified in Gulf of Mexico

 Marine Wildlife

Texas Storms Bring Misery to Humans and Animals

 Marine Wildlife

USDA Secretary Faces Lingering Farm Animal Welfare Issues

 Farmed Animals

USDA Urgently Needs Upward Trajectory in Enforcement of Animal Protection Laws

Utah Adopts Farm Animal Best Management Practices

 Farmed Animals

Zoonotic Disease Transmission Addressed in Stimulus Package

Reviews

illustrated cardinal and bluejay fly in air

Celebrating Birds

 Terrestrial Wildlife
assorted animals in living room

The One and Only Wolfgang

 Companion Animals
two zebras embrace

Wild Rituals