AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Feature Article
Howl for Justice for Tortured Wyoming Wolf
Terrestrial WildlifeEarlier this year, a horrific scene of torment and death unfolded in Daniel, Wyoming. According to multiple news reports and videos posted online, over the span of hours, a man...
Low-Stress Livestock Handling to Deter Predators
Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeIn the Northern Rocky Mountains, ranchers raising livestock on public lands often advocate the use of lethal control measures to protect their livestock and control large carnivores. While large carnivore...
After the Roundup: The Fate of Wild Horses in Government Holding Facilities
EquinesAgainst a backdrop of picturesque mountains, past coils of razor wire, once-wild horses stand in the frozen dirt of the Cañon City Off-Range Corral. The corral—an enormous grid of pipe-paneled...
Building the Movement to Ban Commercial Kangaroo Killing
Terrestrial WildlifeI don’t know what shocked me more when I was offered the chance to become a kangaroo advocate in Europe. Was it that I, a native of the Netherlands, had...
Good Money After Bad: Primate Research Centers Seek Funds to Expand While Failing on Animal Welfare
Animals in Laboratories, Terrestrial WildlifeIn the early 1960s, the federal government established a network of National Primate Research Centers (NPRCs) to promote biomedical research on primates. Funded through the National Institutes of Health, seven...
Long, Hard Road: Interstate Transport of Animals Unfit to Travel
Farmed AnimalsThe cross-country movement of farmed animals has increased steadily over the past several decades, as animal agriculture has shifted toward large-scale industrial production under the control of fewer companies and...
Caribbean Species Gain Protections at SPAW Protocol Meeting
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Caribbean Environment Programme was established in 1981 as one of the United Nations’ “Regional Seas” programs, in recognition of the importance and value of the Wider Caribbean’s fragile and...
On Orca Captivity, China Chooses Regressive Path
Marine WildlifeAWI’s Dr. Naomi Rose visited China in January on behalf of the China Cetacean Alliance, of which AWI is a founding member, to observe the orcas living in Chinese facilities....
Shark Killing Shows No Sign of Slowing Down
Marine WildlifeThree recent studies highlight the enormous impact that shark fishing and the demand for fins continue to have on global shark populations, as well as the difficulties inherent in efforts...
OLAW Oversight Fails to Protect Mice in Research
Animals in LaboratoriesInstitutions that receive Public Health Service (PHS) funding and conduct research using live vertebrate animals are required by law to have an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) that...