AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Feature Article
Study Shows Captivity Curtails Orca Lifespan
Marine WildlifeIn 1995, Robert Small and Douglas DeMaster calculated annual survivorship rates (ASRs) in captive orcas and compared these results to the ASRs of wild orcas living in the Pacific Northwest...
US Appeals WTO Ruling in Favor of Dolphin-Killing Tuna Fishermen
Marine WildlifeThe World Trade Organization (WTO) issued its latest ruling in April in a decades-long dispute between Mexico and the United States over “Dolphin Safe” labeling of tuna caught in the...
Federal Agencies Seek to Stifle Citizen Participation in ESA Listing Process
Terrestrial WildlifeIn May, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed what could arguably be considered two of the most detrimental changes ever to the...
Perilous Times to Be an Amphibian
Terrestrial WildlifeThat amphibians are the most imperiled class of vertebrates in the world is largely beyond debate. Such threats as habitat loss and overexploitation for meat or the pet trade are...
Using Drones to Survey Raptor Nests
Terrestrial WildlifeSurveying nesting raptors provides important information on population productivity. Since raptors occupy spots near the top of the food web, they are also often good indicators of ecosystem health. But...
Animal Bills on the Hill
The 114th Congress has been an active one when it comes to animal welfare measures, both good and bad. A few of the most prominent good ones are summarized below. The...
Sen. Booker Introduces Bill to Ban Body-Gripping Traps in National Wildlife Refuges
Terrestrial Wildlife“That’s a wake-up call.” These words were uttered by the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), after hearing about the numerous animals killed...
MARC Continues to Feel the Heat
Farmed AnimalsAs reported in AWI Quarterly, winter 2015, USDA’s Meat Animal Research Center (MARC), in Clay Center, Nebraska, has come under intense scrutiny after a January 19 article in The New York...
Family is Everything
Marine WildlifeOn April 18, Dr. Naomi Rose gave a talk on captive orcas at TedX Bend in Oregon. She focused on the idea that family is everything to orcas and that...
US Tribe’s Quest to Kill Whales Moves Closer to Reality
Marine WildlifeIn March of this year, as noted on page 2, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) on the Makah Tribe’s proposed hunt of...