A coyote strolls across a San Francisco street.

Volume 74  Issue 4

Winter 2025

In this Issue

Domestic and wild canines are in the news, as an AWI Scholarship recipient launches a dog rescue and an AWI Christine Stevens Wildlife Award funds research on urban coyotes. Also in this issue: Protecting marine life in the Caribbean and wildlife targeted in international trade. Analyzing what’s behind recent under enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act. How lead-based hunting ammunition does lasting harm. Our updated guide to understanding animal welfare claims on food packaging.

A coyote strolls across a San Francisco street. As humans increasingly encroach on natural habitat, a few wild animals—such as coyotes—have turned the tables and taken to urban life. As they adapt to us, can we adapt to them? AWI’s Christine Stevens Wildlife Award program funds innovative strategies for humane, nonlethal wildlife conflict management and improved methods of wildlife study. One recently funded project field-tested a noninvasive technique for gathering information on the genetic makeup and movements of San Francisco’s coyote population, providing insights that could help shape conflict management strategies.

Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch/Minden Pictures

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Featured in This Issue

AWI Honors International Wildlife Law Enforcement Leaders

Terrestrial Wildlife
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AWI Report Analyzes Diminished AWA Enforcement

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Big Apple Issues: The New York Carriage Horse Industry

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Gaining Insights on San Francisco’s Urban Coyotes Through Noninvasive Genetic Analysis

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Madison’s Mission: No Mutt Left Behind
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OSHA Attempts Backflip on Orca Safety Standards
Marine Wildlife
Protecting Caribbean Wildlife and Ecosystems
Marine Wildlife
Replacing the Poison Bullet: Lead-Based Ammunition Causes Cascading Harm
Terrestrial Wildlife
Stay Savvy on Animal Welfare Food Label Claims with AWI’s Updated Guide
Farmed Animals
Too Tall for Transport: Ending the Use of Double-Deck Trailers for Horses
Equines

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AVMA Shifts Policy on Housing of Mother Pigs

 Farmed Animals

AWI Grant Supports Safe Havens for Unhoused Pet Owners in DC

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Administration Opens ANWR to Oil and Gas Exploration

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CITES CoP20 Confers Wildlife Protections

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Consortia Coalesce for Whale Conservation

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DC Law Decreases Rent Burden for People with Pets

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Ejecting Ejiao from the American Market

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Farmers Flock to DC to Defend Animal Welfare Laws

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Gulf World Goes Under

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IUCN Reaffirms Long-Tailed Macaques’ Endangered Status

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Krill Fishers Block Antarctic Ocean Protection

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Making the Case for Marine Mammal Protection

 Marine Wildlife

Massachusetts Farmed Animal Protections Upheld

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NFPA Eyes Next Version of Animal Housing Fire Code

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NIH Greenlights Grant Funds for Animal Rehoming

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Orcas Relocate for Rudder Ramming Behavior

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Ridglan to Relinquish State Breeding License

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SPEEDing Environmental Destruction

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Sharing Info on Improving Welfare of Animals in Research

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Titus Bill Takes Aim at Inhumane Transport

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Wolf Torture Suspect Finally Indicted

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Lab Dog

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The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle

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