AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Feature Article
CEQ Guts NEPA by Rescinding Regulations
Terrestrial WildlifeIn April, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)— an arm of the White House that coordinates federal environmental activities and policy development— took the most drastic action since its creation...
Highlights from Recipients of AWI Implementing Refinement Grants
Animals in LaboratoriesRefined Mouse Handling The objective of this project was to introduce tunnel handling—a non-aversive alternative to tail handling—to mice during husbandry and routine handling procedures across a large facility with...
Helping Unhoused Pets and Their People Find Shelter
Companion AnimalsAWI is pleased to announce that its Safe Havens for Pets directory has expanded to include pet-friendly sheltering resources for individuals who are experiencing homelessness with a companion animal. In 2011, AWI...
Marine Science Cast Adrift as Agency Staff Tossed Overboard
Marine WildlifeThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, within the Department of Commerce, is among a host of federal agencies with science-based missions that have been rocked by deep budgetary and staffing...
Will Japanese Protectionism Sink Icelandic Whaling?
Marine WildlifeThis year’s commercial whaling season began in April with the first kills by Norway and Japan. Although Norway’s quota allows up to 1,406 minke whales in total to be killed...
Colorado Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIn May, Colorado enacted SB25-168, the nation’s most comprehensive state law to combat wildlife trafficking. The law is unique among state laws in that it prohibits the selling, possessing, transporting,...
Monitoring Salt Marsh Harvest Mice via Novel, Noninvasive Genetic Surveys
Terrestrial WildlifeThe salt marsh harvest mouse is an endangered species restricted to the coastal wetlands of the San Francisco Estuary (SFE). Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, approximately 90 percent...
Trump Administration Seeks to Slash Habitat Protections for Endangered Wildlife
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIn April, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a proposed rule that would undermine protections for habitat that threatened and endangered...
The Captive Display Industry Fights Back
Marine WildlifeSince 2013, with the release of the documentary Blackfish, the campaign to end the captive display of cetaceans has made strong progress. Locations where free-ranging cetaceans were still captured for sale...
A Call to Advocates: Answer the Assault on Animal Welfare
All ProgramsFor animals and those who care about their welfare, the outlook in our nation’s capital is bleak. In January, the second Trump administration and majority leadership in the 119th Congress assumed...