AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Feature Article
“Living Cadavers” Replace Living Animals in Surgery Training
Animals in LaboratoriesThe replacement of live animal models with alternatives is an encouraging recent trend in medical education. Where the use of live animals was once standard practice in medical school curricula,...
All In the Pleasant Open Air: Animal Welfare Approved Farmers Spearhead Return to Raising Cattle on Grass
Farmed AnimalsIn the mid-20th century, the United States underwent an agricultural revolution that went largely unnoticed by the general public when the ability of science to industrialize farming overtook the knowledge and...
Pacific Northwest Orcas Surviving the Odds
Marine WildlifeThe largest members of the dolphin family, orcas, also known as killer whales, are perhaps the most recognizable cetacean, with their distinctive black and white markings. These small, toothed whales...
Teddy Goldsmith
All Programs1928–2009 With the death of Teddy Goldsmith on August 17, a towering tree has fallen in the thin remaining forest of visionaries and inspired amateurs who pioneered today’s environmental and...
Carnivore Management in the US: The Need for Reform
Terrestrial WildlifeFew Americans have heard of the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services (WS) program. Even fewer are aware that their tax dollars subsidize the killing of millions of animals every year...
Down on the Goose and Duck Farm
Terrestrial WildlifeCorrection: In the AWI Quarterly Volume 58, Number 4, the article entitled, "Down on the Goose and Duck Farm" states that Cuddledown.com sells down products manufactured from the live-plucking of...
The Dark Side of the National Park Service
Terrestrial WildlifeFor many Americans, a visit to a national park can be an enlightening and awe-inspiring journey. From the splendor of a sunrise at the Grand Canyon to the sheer beauty...
Bodyguard of Lies
Farmed AnimalsIt is not only war that is, in Churchill’s words, “accompanied by a bodyguard of lies.” We live in a time when lies, perhaps more than ever before, are day-to-day...
Dances with Wolves: Finding the Balance Between Rancher and Predator Interests
Terrestrial WildlifeAlthough wolves may not have drastic economic repercussions on the livestock industry as a whole, they can substantially affect individual ranchers when depredations become chronic. This creates a difficult environment...
Mystery Fungus Ravages North American Bat Populations
Terrestrial WildlifeScientific community scrambles to understand the frightening plague and formulate a cure Bats in the eastern US are now facing what could be their biggest challenge, with hundreds of thousands reported...