Archive: Feature Article
Voice for Animals Contest Winners Making the World a Better Place for Animals
AWI, together with the Humane Education Network, congratulates the winners of the 2021 “A Voice for Animals” competition. Through video,...
Custom- Exempt Slaughter: A License to Neglect and Abuse Farm Animals
Federal legislation known as the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act has been reintroduced in Congress. The PRIME...
Spotlighting Safe Haven Services for People and Pets
In 2011, AWI’s Safe Havens Mapping Project developed an integrated, comprehensive state-by-state listing of sheltering services for the animals of...
Pigs Love Scratching But Are Hard on Scratchers: A LAREF Discussion
The Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum (LAREF) is an online platform, hosted by AWI, where individuals working with animals in research...
USDA Attempts to Sweep Bungled HPA Enforcement Under the Rug
The Horse Protection Act (HPA) was passed in 1970 to clamp down on the practice of soring (intentionally injuring horses’...
Building Back a Better Climate
This is part two of a two-part series. In our previous issue, we described the devastating impacts that a warming planet...
Using Noninvasive Digital Acoustic Tags to Track Florida Manatees
The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirsotris) is an endemic subspecies of West Indian manatee that inhabits inland and coastal waters...
The International Whaling Commission at 75: A Vision for the Future
The International Whaling Commission, established in Washington, DC, and headquartered in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, celebrated its 75th anniversary...
Beluga Death Calls Aquarium’s Import Permit into Question
AWI has previously reported on Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut importing five beluga whales from MarineLand in Canada. (See AWI Quarterly, winter...
USDA, Local Officials Do Nothing as Birds Left to Die at Loading Dock
What will it take for the US Department of Agriculture and local law enforcement to take bird abandonment seriously? Apparently,...
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IUCN Reaffirms Long-Tailed Macaques’ Endangered Status Despite Industry Pressure
In Program: Terrestrial WildlifeThe International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today released an update to its Red List of Threatened Species. The update revealed that the long-tailed...
New Analysis: Animal Welfare Act Enforcement Deteriorates Following SCOTUS Ruling
In Program: Animals in LaboratoriesThe US Department of Agriculture, long known for its lackluster enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), appears in recent years to have drifted even...
AWI Awards Safe Havens for Pets Grant to Support Unhoused People and Pets in DC
In Program: Companion AnimalsThis Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased to announce a $15,000 grant to the Humane Rescue Alliance (HRA) to support...
AWI Celebrates the Life of Dr. Jane Goodall, a Revolutionary Animal Advocate
Dr. Jane Goodall, world-renowned scientist and passionate advocate for animals, has died at the age of 91. “Dr. Jane Goodall was a force of nature,”...