AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Feature Article
Quality of Life Scale for Aging and Ailing Pets
Companion AnimalsWe all want to do well by our furry companions. We want to have as much time as possible with them, but also want to make sure that they do...
Reducing the Use of Antibiotics in Farm Animals
Farmed AnimalsIn January 2018, a report released by the World Health Organization’s newly minted Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System revealed widespread antibiotic resistance among people with suspected bacterial infections in nations around...
Creative Kids Draw Endangered Creatures for “Save All Species” Campaign
AWI entered into a unique partnership with HarperCollins Children’s Books last year to produce educational materials on endangered species and what we can do to protect them. The partnership coincided...
US Government Set to Approve Gray Whale Hunt
Marine WildlifeIn 1999, the Makah Tribe of northwest Washington killed a gray whale, the first killed by the tribe since the late 1920s. The kill was made after the US government...
Jo Toole
Marine WildlifeAWI and the entire conservation community were heartbroken to learn of the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Joanna Toole, a victim of the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed...
AWI Launches International Network to Combat Cruel Traps and Snares
Terrestrial WildlifeSteel-jaw leghold traps and snares are a global brutality without a meaningful global response. Despite being prohibited in most countries, such devices are widely set in wildlife habitats across Africa,...
Oral Rabies Vaccines Humanely Halting the Spread of Rabies
Terrestrial WildlifeRabies is a zoonotic disease caused by a deadly virus that attacks the central nervous system of mammals. The disease is usually transmitted by a bite from an infected animal....
USFWS Seeks to Strip Gray Wolves of Endangered Species Protections
Terrestrial WildlifeIn March, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released a proposed rule to fully delist all gray wolves (Canis lupus) across the contiguous United States except the Mexican wolf...
Administration Persists with Deconstruction of Animal Welfare Act
Animals in LaboratoriesThe dismantling of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) by the USDA continues unabated. The entire program—inspections, long-standing policies, and enforcement—is in shambles, leaving animals with virtually no protection. And gleaning...
Administration Continues Its Attack on Animal Welfare Act
Zero. That’s how much money was in the proposed budget for enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) under the Reagan administration. This attempt to gut funding made clear that...