AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Government/Legal
AWI Sues Monterey County over Wildlife Services Contract
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI and allies filed a lawsuit in June challenging the renewal by Monterey County, California, of its contract with the US Department of Agriculture’s deadly Wildlife Services program. The lawsuit...
Wildlife Trade in Focus at CITES Conference of the Parties
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIn September 2016, thousands of government delegates, scientists, industry representatives, and conservationists will gather in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP17) to the...
Animal Welfare on the Line in State Ballot Measures
The outcome of these ballot measures this fall will affect conditions for farm animals and wildlife. AWI supports the first three and opposes the fourth. Montana I-177 would end commercial...
Bill Seeks to Ban Interstate Commerce in Cruel Traps
Terrestrial WildlifeA horrific incident just outside her district, in which a young boy was seriously injured by a Conibear trap, motivated Representative Alma Adams (D-NC) to join Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY)...
USDA Action Makes Horse Abusers Sore
Companion Animals, EquinesIn July, the US Department of Agriculture proposed a rule that, if finalized, would bring us closer to ending the egregiously inhumane practice of soring Tennessee Walking horses, racking horses,...
AWI Responds to Norway’s Whaling Defiance
Marine WildlifeNorway has seen a continuous drop in demand for whale meat for several years, yet it continues to set quotas and kill whales in defiance of the commercial whaling moratorium...
Dormant Horse Slaughter Plant Demolished
EquinesA powerful symbol of the horse slaughter industry—and of the hopes some have of resurrecting it—crumbled in April with the demolition of the former Dallas Crown plant in Kaufman, Texas....
House Committee Advances USDA Spending Bill
Shutting the door on horse slaughter and Class B dealers: In its fiscal year 2017 spending bill for the US Department of Agriculture, the House Appropriations Committee included two AWI priorities....
CITES Standing Committee Meets in Geneva
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe 66th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), held in Geneva, Switzerland, in mid-January, covered a wide...
Animal Welfare Measures Included in Funding Bill
As the first session of the 114th Congress wound down at the end of 2015, a massive $1.1 trillion bill funding government operations through September 30, 2016, passed and was signed...