AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Feature Article
AWI Promotes Animal Protection at CITES Standing Committee Meeting
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe 69th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), held November 27 to December 1, 2017, in Geneva,...
Costa Rica Adopts Enlightened Wildlife Rules
Terrestrial WildlifeTicos (as Costa Ricans call themselves) use a Latin phrase to define the noble intentions of their new wildlife regulations, adopted in 2017: in dubio pro natura—when in doubt, favor nature....
Name Brands Complicit in Kangaroo Slaughter
Terrestrial WildlifeIf you ask the average American what they know of Australia, they might mention the Sydney Opera House, didgeridoos, boomerangs, the Great Barrier Reef, the Outback, and, of course, Australia’s...
Trump Tweets Distaste for Tusker Trophies
Terrestrial WildlifeOn November 8, 2017, the US Department of the Interior announced the formation of an “International Wildlife Conservation Council” whose chief objective would be to increase public awareness of the...
Caregivers in Research Say Animals Calmed by Conversation
Animals in LaboratoriesA LAREF Discussion This past December on AWI’s Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum (LAREF), a question posed by Erik Moreau prompted a discussion on whether talking to animals in...
Law Enforcement Agencies Ramp Up Efforts to Address Animal Cruelty
Companion AnimalsOne of the latest signs of progress in the effort to convince law enforcement agencies to take animal cruelty seriously is the uptick in the creation of animal cruelty units...
EPA Approves Immunocontraceptive for Deer Management
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision to approve ZonaStat-D to manage deer populations was all the buzz at the 8th International Conference on Wildlife Fertility Control, held in Washington, DC,...
Taking Care of Confiscated Animals: A CITES Solution?
Terrestrial WildlifeFor some wild animals, getting rescued from traffickers is just the start of another ordeal. Nobody really knows precisely how many live wild animals are seized from poachers and smugglers...
AWI Exposes Whitewashing of Animal Abuse at USDA Research Labs
Animals in LaboratoriesWhen AWI discovered in July that the first unannounced inspection of the US Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) resulted in four citations for lack of adequate veterinary care, inadequate handling...
A Coordinated Community Response to Animal Abuse
Companion AnimalsMeredith is a new animal control officer. She has been directed to visit a particular home on multiple occasions because of complaints from neighbors of dogs barking or running loose....