AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Feature Article
Double Dose of Cruelty: Dolphins Killed to Serve as Shark Bait
Marine WildlifePreview in new tab The illegal killing of 2,000–3,000 dolphins each year by Peruvian fishermen for human consumption has been the focus of a continuing conservation effort by Mundo Azul....
WTO Weighs Seal Product Ban
Marine WildlifeAt the end of 2013, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) first-ever consideration of an animal welfare issue resulted in a landmark, if mixed, decision by a dispute settlement panel. The...
America’s Gray Wolves May Lose Federal Protections
Terrestrial WildlifeAs the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decides whether to remove federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for gray wolves across the continental United States, the disturbing fate of...
Contraception Caps Bison Numbers on Catalina
Terrestrial WildlifeOn Santa Catalina Island, scientists have advanced the science of immunocontraception as a safe and effective tool to humanely manage the island’s bison. In 1924, Hollywood brought 14 bison to...
Old Antlers and Bones on the Tundra Track Historical Caribou Calving Groundsby
Terrestrial WildlifeFor caribou herds to persist, they must maintain access to productive calving grounds (areas that herds visit annually to give birth to their young). With respect to the Porcupine Caribou...
Not So “Inspired by Iceland”
Marine WildlifeIceland is a study in contrasts. Known as the “land of fire and ice,” its lava fields, glaciers and craggy, mountain-ringed fjords make the country one of the top eco-tourism...
AWI Issues New Report on the State of Legal Protections for Farm Animals
Farmed AnimalsIt should be a given that farm animals are protected from cruelty and needless suffering; from being warehoused in cramped, dark living spaces devoid of stimulation or even the ability...
AWI Reports from IWC65
Marine WildlifeThe 65th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opened on September 15 in the picturesque Slovenian city of Portorož. Key issues on the IWC's agenda at this plenary meeting—the first...
Can Cetacean Research in Russia Escape Captivity?
Marine WildlifeAWI’s Dr. Naomi Rose attended the Marine Mammals of the Holarctic International Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, in late September, in an effort to learn about, and network among, Russian...
Predators: Pivotal Role, yet Increasingly Imperiled
Terrestrial WildlifeTwo distinct, loud “thumps”—that is how, in a September 27, 2014, Facebook post, the president of Lobo Watch, an anti-wolf organization, described the sound when his minivan struck two wolves...