AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Government/Legal
MoMA Cafe Keeps Horse Meat off the Menu
EquinesShortly before the M. Wells Dinette opened at the Museum of Modern Art’s PS1 gallery (MoMA PS1) in Long Island City, New York, in late September, the restaurant’s chefs announced...
AWI Engages Embassies on Ending Dog and Cat Meat Trade
Companion AnimalsAWI’s Rosalyn Morrison and Chris Heyde met in December with Dave Kush from the office of Rep. Chris Smith (D-NJ) and Ariel Penaranda, Minister for Legislative Affairs and Consul at...
Battlefield Training Torture to End
Equines, Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeIn the Summer 2012 AWI Quarterly, we reported that more than 10,000 animals each year are shot, stabbed, mutilated, and killed in military training exercises, despite the availability of more effective...
Good Call: Senate Sidelines Sportsmen’s Act
Marine WildlifeAn attempt to undermine longstanding wildlife, land conservation, and public health laws was defeated in November, when the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 (S. 3525) was blocked from passage in the...
Houston Pair Charged Under Anti-Crush Video Law
Companion AnimalsIn the first case under the 2010 federal crush video law, passed after the Supreme Court struck down a 1999 law against animal cruelty films for being overbroad, the US Attorney...
AWI Joins Willie Nelson’s 80th Birthday Bash
EquinesAWI was honored to be with Willie Nelson and his family at the Hard Rock Café in New York City in June for a celebration of his 80th birthday, and to...
California Legislature Approves Lead Ammunition Ban
Terrestrial WildlifeA new law in California will phase out the use of lead ammunition for hunting throughout the state. The law, introduced as Assembly Bill 711 in March 2013 by Assembly...
Horses are Sacred: A View from the Nohooká Dine’
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeIn August, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly stated that—to alleviate what he claimed was a horse overpopulation problem—the government of the Navajo Nation would support rounding up, selling, and slaughtering...
National Organics Program Fails to Raise Welfare Standards… Again
Farmed AnimalsCongress tasked the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) with implementing the country’s National Organic Program (NOP). For more than a decade now, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), the...
Please Don’t Pet the Puma
Terrestrial WildlifeEvery year, both animals and members of the public are injured or killed because animal exhibitors allow visitors to pet and pose with lions, bears, tigers, primates, and other animals....