AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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Slow Movement to End Dairy Cattle Tail Docking
Farmed AnimalsOn July 23, the National Milk Producers Federation Board of Directors approved a resolution opposing tail docking of dairy cows in their industry guidelines, recommending the practice be phased out...
Capturing Wild Belugas: US Aquariums Swim Against the Tide
Marine WildlifeAlmost two decades ago the US aquarium industry—facing mounting public distaste with the practice—ceased importing healthy wild-caught cetaceans for commercial display. Since then, people across the globe have come to realize...
Live Trade Shortens Lizard Lives
Terrestrial WildlifeEndangered animals are being scooped up in alarming numbers to serve as pets. Many of them, sadly, do not long survive the transition into captivity. A new scientific analysis of...
Rare Species Getting Caught in the Web
Terrestrial WildlifeConservation organizations are warning that the Internet is driving unprecedented levels of illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife parts—$7.8 to $10 billion annually, according to the research group, Global Financial...
Scotts Reaps Record Fine for Sowing Toxic Bird Seed
Terrestrial WildlifeThe ScottsMiracle-Gro Company was ordered in September to pay $12.5 million in civil and criminal fines and perform community service in connection with eleven criminal violations of the Federal Insecticide,...
Shots in the Dark Undermine Red Wolf Recovery
Terrestrial WildlifeOnly about 100 or so wild red wolves (Canis rufus) are known to exist—all in eastern North Carolina, where a population was reintroduced in 1987 from a captive-breeding program after...
Sierra Club Condemns Body-Gripping Traps
Terrestrial WildlifeOn May 19, 2012, the Sierra Club national board of directors adopted a new “Policy on Trapping of Wildlife.” The policy is perhaps the strongest statement issued to date by...
The Élan of Extinction: Elite Seek Status Symbols to Die For
Terrestrial WildlifeAccording to recent surveys, the primary consumers of rare animal parts may not be who we thought they were. Surveys conducted across 15 Asian urban areas by a consortium of...
Congressional Recess Leaves Animal Laws in Limbo
Companion Animals, Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeWhen Congress hustled out of town in September, it left a lot of unfinished business. Both the House Agriculture Committee and the full Senate had approved amendments to their farm...
Good Eggs Come to Capitol Hill
Farmed AnimalsAWI’s Animal Welfare Approved products continue to experience increased demand across the country. One recent request was from the National Democratic Club in Washington, DC, which now purchases pasture-raised eggs...