AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Government/Legal
Animal Torture in Military Training Exercises
Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeEvery year, more than 10,000 animals are shot, stabbed, mutilated, and killed in military training exercises that purportedly prepare soldiers for treating trauma on the battlefield. Although more advanced military...
Wildlife Services Continues Killing Spree
Terrestrial WildlifeWildlife Services is a little-known program of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) that uses brutal methods and taxpayer dollars to kill approximately 5 million animals each year under the guise...
House Cats Don’t Roar
Terrestrial WildlifeWho can forget the tragedy and panic in Ohio last year when the private owner of 56 wild animals, including a number of big cats, released them into the surrounding...
NC Night Hunts Darken Prospects for Red Wolf Recovery
Terrestrial WildlifeA new rule proposed by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) would allow round-the-clock hunting of coyotes and feral pigs throughout North Carolina. Hunting under cover of darkness with...
Rhode Island Considers Better Protection of Farm Animals
Farmed AnimalsAWI staff traveled to Rhode Island in February to testify in favor of S 2192 and S 2032, bills to ban tail docking of cattle and to create an online...
Working to Get Animal Welfare into Federal Budget
Companion Animals, Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeTaking advantage of the opportunity to testify before Congressional committees as they begin to determine spending levels for Fiscal Year 2013 (beginning October 2012), AWI asked for continued support for...
AWI Pushes Animal Welfare in Illinois
Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed AnimalsIn March, AWI staff led efforts on several animal protection measures before the Illinois General Assembly. HB 1607—a bill to prohibit tail docking of cattle, the inhumane practice of partially...
Heroic “Equipment”?
Companion AnimalsThis past year has brought heightened attention to a very special class of veteran—the Military Working Dog (MWD)—especially when it was reported that an MWD was part of the team...
Crush Bill Signed
Companion AnimalsPresident Obama signed the Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act on December 9. The previous April, the Supreme Court overturned the 1999 ban on such videos (see Summer 2010 AWI Quarterly), and...
DC Council Votes for More Humane Treatment of Wildlife
Terrestrial WildlifeThe council of the District of Columbia, on November 9, 2010, unanimously passed the Wildlife Protection Act (B18- 498), which imposes humane treatment standards upon nuisance animal control operators who...