AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Feature Article
Elephant Slaughter Escalates as Illegal Ivory Market Thrives
Terrestrial WildlifeThe siege is getting worse. African elephants are being killed at a greater rate than at any time since the worldwide ban on the ivory trade was adopted in 1989....
Monitoring Loon Populations via Non-invasive Digital Image Analysis
Terrestrial WildlifeAs many wildlife populations decline, the ability to monitor population sizes and changes is critical to conservation efforts. To determine population trends, researchers often must capture animals and apply unique...
At Prodigal Farm, School Is Cool for Kids (and Four-Footed Adults)
Farmed AnimalsKathryn Spann and Dave Krabbe are the owners of 97-acre Animal Welfare Approved (AWA) Prodigal farm in Rougemont, North Carolina, where they raise goats for meat and cheese. Like Dan...
Grazin’ Diner Promotes High Welfare on the Hudson
Farmed AnimalsAuthor Michael Pollan thinks you should be able to shake the hand that feeds you. And by that he means the farmer, not the restaurant owner. Of course, if you...
USDA Refuses to Drop Controversial Changes to Inspection Program
Farmed AnimalsUSDA appears to be pushing ahead with a controversial proposal to modify its poultry slaughter inspection program despite a troubling report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). GAO found that...
Dr. Rose Tackles Thorny Issues of Marine Mammal Captivity
Marine WildlifeIf Dr. Naomi Rose, who joined AWI’s staff in September as the organization’s marine mammal scientist, ever elects to pen an autobiography, she knows where to go for the “early...
Wanton Waste and Suffering Suffuse Faroe Islands Drive Hunts
Marine WildlifeLong-finned pilot whales have been hunted for human consumption in the Faroe Islands (a small Danish territory located between Scotland and Iceland in the North Atlantic) since the first human...
While the World Moves On, US Still Caught in Its Traps
Terrestrial WildlifeAlthough more than 85 countries have banned or heavily restricted the use of steel-jaw leghold traps, the United States—one of the world’s largest fur producing and consuming nations—continues to defend...
AWI Joins Willie Nelson’s 80th Birthday Bash
EquinesAWI was honored to be with Willie Nelson and his family at the Hard Rock Café in New York City in June for a celebration of his 80th birthday, and to...
Horses are Sacred: A View from the Nohooká Dine’
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeIn August, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly stated that—to alleviate what he claimed was a horse overpopulation problem—the government of the Navajo Nation would support rounding up, selling, and slaughtering...