AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Feature Article
Wildlife Segregated by US Border Policy
Terrestrial WildlifeThe remote borderlands between the United States and Mexico contain vast and beautiful wilderness and include the richest diversity of plant and animal species in North America. Why then, did...
Studies and Snack Breaks
Animals in LaboratoriesVeterinary technician Evelyn Skoumbourdis and environmental enrichment coordinator Casey Coke Murphy discuss proper feeding of small laboratory mammals Due to their smaller size and handleability, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs and...
Protecting the Animals of Cairo
Companion AnimalsWhile attending the OIE Global Animal Welfare Conference in Cairo, I was fortunate to meet Amina Tharwat Abaza, founder of SPARE, the Society for Protection of Animal Rights in Egypt....
Mexico Tries to Crush “Dolphin Safe” Tuna Label via WTO
Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Earth Island Institute (EII) and a coalition of supportive groups have been crying foul since the government of Mexico demanded late in October that the...
International SOS for Serbian Brown Bears
Terrestrial WildlifeSerbia, at the heart of former Yugoslavia and the Balkans, is one of the few places left in Europe where brown bears continue to be cruelly abused for profit and...
Life Behind Bars: The Exploitation of Caged Birds
Terrestrial WildlifeWhile many people are familiar with the inhumane nature of puppy mills—dog breeding operations where animals are overbred, overcrowded and often poorly cared for—most are unaware of mass-breeding bird facilities....
The Coy Coyote: Learning to Coexist with an Adaptable Carnivore
Terrestrial WildlifeCoyotes and humans have shared the same environment since long before European settlers arrived in North America. To many Native American cultures, coyotes were powerful mythological figures endowed with the...
Random Source Dog and Cat Dealers Under the Microscope
Animals in LaboratoriesAlthough no action was taken on the Pet Safety and Protection Act in the last Congress, the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill and the FARM bill were adopted;...
Wrongful Police Dog Shootings: Is There Any Relief?
Companion AnimalsMayor Cheye Calvo of Berwyn Heights, Md., was changing for a meeting last July after having returned home from walking his dogs, when SWAT team members of the Prince George’s...
Combating Antibiotic Overload
Farmed AnimalsConfinement production of livestock in the United States would be virtually impossible without antibiotics. The practice of feeding farm animals low-doses of antibiotics in food and water originated in the...