AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Government/Legal
New HPA Regulations May Finally Hobble Horse Sorers
EquinesA historic win for equine welfare was achieved in May when the US Department of Agriculture finalized long-awaited Horse Protection Act (HPA) regulations to protect Tennessee walking horses from the...
US Spending Package Delivers Wins for Animals
Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeNarrowly averting a government shutdown, Congress adopted a $460 billion spending package in March that included multiple wins for animals. Among them: prohibiting the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services...
AWI Report Details Feeble Enforcement of State Farmed Animal Welfare Laws
Farmed AnimalsLegal protections for farmed animals in the United States are few and far between—especially while the animals remain on farms, prior to being transported to slaughter. No federal law explicitly...
BLM’s Bumbling Efforts on Birth Control
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI worked with Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and Steve Cohen (D-TN)—two stalwart champions for equine welfare—to denounce the Bureau of Land Management’s reckless plan to round up approximately 20,000 wild...
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...
Mistreatment of Birds in Slaughter Plants Goes Unchecked
Farmed AnimalsAn AWI report released in December revealed that the US Department of Agriculture’s approach to preventing and responding to the mistreatment of birds in slaughter plants remains largely ineffective. The Welfare of Birds...
Bycatch Standards Bypass Foreign Fisheries
Marine WildlifeAround the globe each year, more than 650,000 marine mammals are killed or seriously injured as bycatch—entangled or hooked in fishing gear meant for other species. Since 1972, the Marine...
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...
IWC Scientific Committee Advances Cetacean Conservation
Marine WildlifeSince 2000, Dr. Naomi Rose, AWI’s marine mammal biology senior scientist, has attended meetings of the International Whaling Commission’s Scientific Committee as an invited participant. At this year’s meeting—held in...
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....