AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Government/Legal
Complaint Filed Against Research Facility Involved in Dozens of Monkey Deaths
Animals in LaboratoriesOn the heels of the historic settlement between the US Department of Agriculture and Santa Cruz Biotechnology (SCBT), another huge commercial operation licensed as an animal dealer and registered as...
USDA Thwarts Efforts to Improve School Lunch Programs
Farmed AnimalsImagine 3,000 dead chickens piled in a truck after a company failed to protect them from freezing conditions during transport, or watching someone at a slaughterhouse place the heads (instead...
Historic Orca Captivity Bill Becomes Law in California
Marine WildlifeIn March 2014, California Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) introduced into the California Assembly AB 2140—a bill to prohibit the breeding of captive orcas and their use in theatrical shows...
IWC Meets in Slovenia on Anniversary of Whaling Moratorium
Marine WildlifeThe 66thmeeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) took place October 20–28, 2016, in Portorož, Slovenia, 70 years after the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) was ratified....
CITES Conference Convenes in Johannesburg
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI wildlife attorney Tara Zuardo and wildlife biologist D.J. Schubert joined other animal welfare advocates, conservationists, government delegates, scientists, and industry representatives at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the...
On Trapping Laws, US Caught in the Dark Ages
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Global Legal Research Center of the Law Library of Congress released Laws on Leg-Hold Traps Around the World in August, a report that identifies countries that prohibit the use of steel-jaw...
A Letter from the President of AWI
After perhaps the most disheartening, divisive campaign in modern memory, the votes have been tabulated. Next year, a new administration will plant its flag in Washington, DC. A new Congress...
Changes in Congress
Along with the unexpected outcome of the presidential race (see page 2), Election Day 2016 resulted in the defeat of two lawmakers who have worked to improve animal welfare. Senator...
The Animal Welfare Act: Lifeline for Some Lab Animals Turns 50
Animals in LaboratoriesThe animals were kept on a former dairy farm in Gainesville, Virginia, where there was no heat, windows were broken, water pipes had frozen up, and dead dogs remained among...
Under Pressure, Mexico Pledges New Fishing Restrictions to Help Save Vaquita
Endangered Species, Marine WildlifeOn July 24, Mexico committed to permanently banning all gillnet fishing within the Gulf of Mexico habitat of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Details, including enforcement mechanisms, have yet to...