An orangutan hangs off a branch with its young in forest

Volume 66  Issue 4

Winter 2017

In this Issue

AWI examines the fate of illegally traded wildlife—how confiscated animals are handled and what should be done to ensure their well-being once they are out of the clutches of wildlife traffickers. Hundreds of cats and dogs are rescued in the nick of time from the Virgin Islands after Hurricane Irma. AWI exposes an attempt to gloss over animal abuse at federal agricultural research labs. France ends the breeding of orcas and other cetaceans in captivity.

A 2013 UN report stated that from 2005–2011, over 1,000 orangutans were intercepted from wildlife traffickers. This is only a fraction of the ones taken or slaughtered, however. Poachers routinely kill mother orangutans to steal their babies for the pet trade. But what happens when illegally obtained animals (orangutans and countless other species) are seized by authorities? Some are returned to the wild. Others remain in captivity. Some are simply euthanized. Read more on how best to ensure that deliverance from the smuggling pipeline really does mean an end of the ordeal for such confiscated animals.

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A Coordinated Community Response to Animal Abuse

 Companion Animals

AWI Exposes Whitewashing of Animal Abuse at USDA Research Labs

 Animals in Laboratories

AWI Files Suit to Stop Deer Cull on Fire Island

 Terrestrial Wildlife

AWI Scores Big Win for California Wildlife

 Terrestrial Wildlife

AWI Urges USDA to Stop Relicensing Animal Abusers

 Companion Animals

AWI at Arctic Circle Assembly

 Marine Wildlife

Appropriations Bill Horrible for Horses

 Equines

Assessing the Efficacy of Foxlights in Reducing Wolf-Livestock Conflict

 Terrestrial Wildlife

Border Wall Bad News for Wildlife

 Terrestrial Wildlife

California Closes Pet Shop Doors to Commercial Breeders 

 Companion Animals

California Foie Gras Ban Back on Track

 Farmed Animals

Clean Plate? Lab-to-Table Meat Detours Around Animal Cruelty

 Farmed Animals

EPA Approves Immunocontraceptive for Deer Management

 Terrestrial Wildlife

First Amendment Fells Utah’s Ag-gag Law

 Farmed Animals

House Committee Approves Anti-wildlife Bills 

 Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial Wildlife

Katrina’s Lesson Learned: Animals No Longer Excluded from Storm Evacuations

 Companion Animals

Making a Splash: Animal Advocates Flood Capitol Hill to Shore Up Support for MMPA

 Marine Wildlife

Myanmar Elephants Being Slaughtered for Their Skin 

 Terrestrial Wildlife

Ohio Ballot Initiative Seeks to Squelch State’s Puppy Mills 

 Companion Animals

Orca Triomphe: France Bans Breeding of Cetaceans

 Marine Wildlife

Pair of Pro-Pachyderm Bills Introduced in Massachusetts 

 Terrestrial Wildlife

Shelter from the Storm: AWI Aids Animal Rescue as Hurricanes Pummel Virgin Islands

 Companion Animals

Sign the Line for Felines: Arizona Ballot Initiative Could End Trophy Hunting of Wild Cats

 Terrestrial Wildlife

Taking Care of Confiscated Animals: A CITES Solution?

 Terrestrial Wildlife

Trader Joe’s Shuns Mexican Shrimp to Help Save Vaquita

 Marine Wildlife

Tyson Workers Convicted of Animal Cruelty 

 Farmed Animals

USFWS Denies Protection to Pacific Walrus

 Marine Wildlife

Vietnam to Banish Bear Bile Farms

 Terrestrial Wildlife

Wayne Lotter

 Terrestrial Wildlife

Reviews

illustration of shark with scuba diver

Shark Lady

 Marine Wildlife
map tracking animals

Where the Animals Go

 Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial Wildlife
two wild horses gallop

Wild Horse Country

 Equines, Terrestrial Wildlife