Archive: Quick Read
Aquarium Import in Flux After Belugas Fall Ill
AWI and a number of allies and partners have been working to minimize the harm to five beluga whales scheduled...
AWI Scholarship Winners Pursue Higher Education to Help Animals
“Even if animals were to experience pain differently: humans shouldn’t be harming them at all,” reads the last line of...
Utah Adopts Farm Animal Best Management Practices
Recently, the Agricultural Advisory Board of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food adopted best management practices for the state’s...
USDA Secretary Faces Lingering Farm Animal Welfare Issues
Thomas Vilsack has returned as secretary of the US Department of Agriculture, a post he held previously during the Obama...
Anti-confinement Regulations Overdue in Massachusetts
At the start of 2021, animal protection organization Humane Farming Association (HFA) filed suit against the Massachusetts attorney general for...
New System Allows Noninvasive Study of Freely Moving Macaques
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a motion-capture system that allows for the markerless 3D tracking of free-moving...
Letting Animals Control the Remote
A common feature of captive environments is that they deprive individuals of agency—that is, they constrain individuals’ ability to make...
Cuttlefish Show Cognitive Complexity
In a landmark new study, scientists have shown that cuttlefish are capable of delaying gratification, and that those who choose...
Ringing Up No Sale on Shark Fins
The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (HR 2811), a bill that would prohibit the sale of shark fins, was reintroduced...
Protecting Pets from Shady Dealers
The Pet Safety and Protection Act (HR 3187), introduced May 13 by Representatives Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ),...
Latest AWI Quarterly Articles on Companion Animals
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North American Environmental Commission Confirms Mexico’s Role in Imperiling Vaquita
In Program: Marine WildlifeA commission under the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) released a report yesterday confirming that Mexico’s unwillingness to enforce its own wildlife protection, trade, and fisheries laws...
Captive dolphins face uncertain futures. They deserve better
In Program: Marine WildlifeIn this op-ed for the Tampa Bay Times, Dr. Naomi Rose, AWI’s senior scientist in marine mammal biology, discusses the challenges in caring for orcas...
Yahoo! Japan Sells Polluted Whale and Dolphin Meat Products to Unsuspecting Consumers
In Program: Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and an international coalition of animal protection and environmental groups are calling on Yahoo! Japan and its parent company, the...
As Iceland Calls Off Fin Whale Slaughter, Japan and Norway Launch Cruel, Unsustainable Whale Hunting Seasons
In Program: Marine WildlifeJapan and Norway resumed slaughtering whales this month, while Iceland’s only fin whaling company has decided that it will not hunt this summer, citing a...