AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Government/Legal
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Marine Life
Marine WildlifeIn January, AWI and 11 other groups filed suit against the US Navy and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) over the Navy’s...
Senate Bill to Protect Whales
Marine WildlifeSenator John Kerry (D-MA), a long-standing champion of whales, introduced legislation in early March “to amend the Whale Conservation and Protection Study Act to promote international whale conservation, protection, and...
Wind Energy Project Modified for Bats
Terrestrial WildlifeAfter the precedent setting ruling by a federal court late last year that an industrial wind energy project in West Virginia will kill and injure endangered Indiana bats, AWI and...
Making Headway on Capitol Hill
Marine WildlifeOn Opening day of the 111th Congress, Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) reintroduced the Shark Conservation Act of 2009 (H.R. 81). A similar measure to strengthen the pre-existing Shark Finning Prohibition Act...
Wrongful Police Dog Shootings: Is There Any Relief?
Companion AnimalsMayor Cheye Calvo of Berwyn Heights, Md., was changing for a meeting last July after having returned home from walking his dogs, when SWAT team members of the Prince George’s...
Combating Antibiotic Overload
Farmed AnimalsConfinement production of livestock in the United States would be virtually impossible without antibiotics. The practice of feeding farm animals low-doses of antibiotics in food and water originated in the...
Compound 1080 and M-44 Elimination Act
Terrestrial WildlifeRepresentative Peter DeFazio, (D-OR) is expected to introduce the Compound 1080 and M-44 Elimination Act this fall. This bill would ban two deadly poisons—sodium fluoroacetate, commonly known as Compound 1080,...
Pet Safety and Protection Act
Companion AnimalsIn an effort to stop experimentation on illegally acquired dogs and cats, Senator Daniel Akaka (D-AK) and Representative Mike Doyle (D-PA) are again sponsoring the Pet Safety and Protection Act....
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act
Terrestrial WildlifeCongresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) has remained steadfast in her determination to end use of inhumane traps in the United States, but has shifted the focus of her legislation to our...
Justice for Wild Horses and Burros
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Restore Our American Mustangs (ROAM) Act (H.R. 1018), introduced by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Chairman Raul Grijalva...