AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Government/Legal
Right Whale Calf Dies After Apparent Boat Collision
Marine WildlifeNo more than 360 North Atlantic right whales remain, including fewer than 70 reproductively active females. The past seven years have been devastating, as entanglements in commercial fishing gear and...
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...
Petition Seeks Regs to Rein in Wildlife Services
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI and allies submitted a petition for rulemaking to the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in November urging the agency to adopt regulations governing its...
Protecting Predators on National Wildlife Refuges
Terrestrial WildlifeThe US Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed prohibiting most forms of predator control on National Wildlife Refuge System lands, which AWI strongly supports. In comments, we highlighted the critical...
EPA Drops Target Date but Expands Scope of Animal Testing Phase-Out
Animals in LaboratoriesThe Environmental Protection Agency has quietly abandoned a 2035 target date to end use of mammals in toxicity testing. This 2035 target date was originally announced in September 2019 (see AWI...
Animal Welfare Measures in State Legislatures
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI led efforts to get a bill introduced in the Illinois Senate to ban mink farming in the state. Sponsored by Assistant Majority Leader Linda Holmes, the Mink Facility Disease...
Drawing the Curtain on Cetacean Captivity
Marine WildlifeScience increasingly supports the conclusion that, due to their size and their physiological and social needs, certain cetaceans cannot cope in captivity, where they are kept in small, impoverished environments and...
Right Whale Recovery Faces Roadblocks in Congress
Marine WildlifeNorth Atlantic right whales face grave danger in both the choppy waters off the coast and within the storm-tossed chambers of Congress. As vessel strikes and entanglements continue to take...
USDA Acquiescence in Cruel Killing Method
Farmed AnimalsThirty members of Congress sent a bipartisan letter to the US Department of Agriculture in February with pointed questions about the department’s effort to counter the widespread use of ventilation...
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...