AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Government/Legal
The King Amendment’s Attack on State Animal Welfare Laws
Farmed AnimalsBoth the US House of Representatives and Senate have passed versions of the 2013 Farm Bill, and the two chambers of Congress must now reconcile their respective bills and agree upon...
Tragedy at Ohio Kennel Prompts Passage of “Nitro’s Law”
Companion AnimalsIn the summer of 2008, due to a family medical emergency, Tom Siesto and Liz Raab left their beloved Rottweiler, Nitro, at the Youngstown, Ohio, kennel of well-regarded trainer, Steve...
Animal Sellers No Longer Out of (Over)sight on the Web
Companion AnimalsWith the advent of the Internet and the online sale of all measure of goods, it was inevitable that animals also would be sold over the web. Those who breed...
Anniversaries that Are Cause for Consternation
Animals in LaboratoriesHumanitarians have been waiting for more than a year for action on two egregious situations—both reported previously in the Winter 2013 AWI Quarterly—pending before the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant...
Enhancing Animal Fighting Enforcement
Companion Animals, Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeAttending animal fights and bringing children to such spectacles would become federal offenses under the Animal Welfare Act as a result of provisions in the farm bills of both chambers...
Horse Slaughter: Progress and Setbacks
EquinesThere is now a Senate version of the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act (S. 541), thanks to Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Like its House companion...
Keeping Companion Animals Out of Labs
Companion AnimalsCommitted to closing the abuse-ridden pipeline that supplies dogs and cats to laboratories, Reps. Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) have reintroduced the Pet Safety and Protection Act (H.R....
Protecting State Shark Fin Bans
Marine WildlifeThe Shark Conservation Act (SCA) of 2010 combats the heinous practice of shark finning—cutting off a shark's fins and discarding the body, often still alive, into the sea—by requiring that...
Seeking Funds to Save Bats
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI joined 44 other organizations on a letter asking Congress to provide $7.5 million in funding to the many agencies responding to white-nose syndrome (WNS), the disease that is decimating...
Shelter Animals Deserve Better
Companion AnimalsRep. Jim Moran (D-VA) has reintroduced his nonbinding resolution, H.Res. 208, expressing opposition to the use of gas chambers to euthanize shelter animals and calling on states to ban the...