AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Government/Legal
Supreme Court to Weigh California Anticonfinement Law
Farmed AnimalsThe Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging California’s Proposition 12, a voter initiative requiring pork, veal, and eggs sold in the state to come from animals raised in...
The Current State of Animal Farming in the US
Farmed AnimalsOn November 5, 2002, voters in Florida approved the first US law prohibiting the use of small “gestation crates” to house pregnant sows. Such crates are but one example of...
Celebrating the MMPA: 50 Years of Safeguarding Sea-Faring Mammals
Marine WildlifeIn October 1972, during the Nixon administration, the United States passed an environmental law well ahead of its time. The Marine Mammal Protection Act, inspired by horrific images of dolphins...
Celebrating Whaling Ban Agreement’s 40th Anniversary
Marine WildlifeAlmost 3 million whales were killed for their oil and meat in the 20th century, bringing many species and populations to the brink of extinction. Forty years ago, in July 1982,...
Vaquita’s Fate Hinges on End to Illegal Fishing
Marine WildlifeFewer than 10 vaquita porpoises remain in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California. Yet, calves were observed during a 2021 survey, and new evidence, published in Science, indicates that the vaquita’s historical...
Flu Outbreak Fells Wild Horses in Holding Facility
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeSince April, over 140 wild horses have died from influenza exacerbated by a bacterial infection at a Colorado holding facility in Cañon City in what is thought to be the...
Advocating Animal-Friendly Appropriations
During a key stage of the fiscal year 2023 appropriations cycle, members of Congress consider spending requests from individuals and groups. In the House of Representatives, where that part of...
Bill Seeks Ban on Wild Horse Helicopter Roundups
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeEarlier this year, footage of a Bureau of Land Management roundup in Nevada captured a horrifying and tragic incident where a young colt’s leg snapped in half as he was...
Effort to End Killing Contests on Public Lands
Terrestrial WildlifeIn April, the Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act (HR 7398) was introduced in the House by Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) to bar organizing, sponsoring, conducting, or participating in most types...
Hearing Held on Big Cat Public Safety Act
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Big Cat Public Safety Act (HR 263/S 1210) received a hearing in the House Natural Resources Committee on May 12. This bill would prohibit private ownership of big cats...