AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Feature Article
Animals and Emotions
Companion AnimalsHow many times have you looked at your dog after he or she did something they shouldn’t and seen those soulful, apologetic eyes looking back at you? The look of...
AWI Courts Awareness About Animal Cruelty at National Judges’ Conference
Companion AnimalsOne of the important goals of AWI’s Animals and Interpersonal Violence program is to reach judges—especially judges who interact with juveniles and families. AWI has enjoyed a good working relationship...
FBI Sets Eye on Animal Cruelty in National Crime Statistics
Companion AnimalsPersistence pays off! In June, after years of effort by AWI staff members, the FBI’s Advisory Policy Board (APB) unanimously approved the addition of animal cruelty crimes as a separate...
AWI and Allies Win Major Court Victory for Red Wolves
Terrestrial WildlifeThe red wolf (Canis rufus) has had a perilous journey on the road to recovery. Once distributed throughout the eastern and southcentral United States, intensive predator control programs and habitat...
Ban Stands: Canada, Norway Lose Effort to Force EU to Accept Seal Products
Marine WildlifeAs reported in the Winter 2014 AWI Quarterly, a dispute resolution panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) reached a landmark decision this past November in a case brought by Canada...
Greenland Quotas and Japan’s Scientific Whaling at Issue at Upcoming IWC Meeting
Marine WildlifeFrom its creation in 1946 until 2012, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) met annually. Having agreed to move to biennial meetings in 2012, it will meet for the 65th time...
AWI Responds to Increase in Wildlife Services’ Killing
Terrestrial WildlifeWildlife Services, a US Department of Agriculture program with a long history of using taxpayer funds to needlessly kill wildlife, increased its already-enormous take of wild animals last year. The...
For Elephants, It’s a Dangerous Life: AWI’s New Book Takes On Ivory Trade
Terrestrial WildlifeAs I speak, it is now evening in Kenya. Kenya Wildlife Service ranger patrols are at this moment probing through that evening darkness to ensure that no poaching gangs kill...
Protecting Wildlife from Rodenticides
Terrestrial WildlifeWalk into any hardware store in the United States and chances are good that you can find highly toxic rodent poisons for sale. This includes loose poison pellets in open...
Fired Whistleblower Fights On for Animals in Research
Animals in LaboratoriesIn November 2012, the industry journal Lab Animal published an extraordinary profile of licensed veterinary technologist Santina Caruso, entitled “Working with animals is ‘in her blood.’” Why was this feature extraordinary? Because...