AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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Some Stranded Dolphins May Be Deaf
Marine WildlifeNew research by scientists in South Florida indicates that a high percentage of stranded dolphins were almost deaf at the time of stranding. The cause of the near-deafness is unknown....
John Gleiber: Colleague and Dear Friend
All ProgramsI was in high school when John Gleiber met AWI’s founding president, Christine Stevens, at a dinner party. Christine invited John to her home the next day. It was 1975...
Robbins Barstow: Warrior for Whales
Marine WildlifeOn November 7, 2010, two weeks after his 91st birthday, long-time AWI colleague and whale advocate Robbins Wolcott Barstow, Jr. died at his home in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Robbins was Director Emeritus of...
Adverse Decision for Wolves Averted in the Senate
Terrestrial WildlifeAs the 111th Congress drew to a close, Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) sought unanimous consent on a bill that would have delisted the gray wolf as a threatened or endangered species...
African Elephants Are Officially Two Species
Terrestrial WildlifeThough several morphological differences exist between African savannah elephants and forest elephants, it has been a challenge to conclusively determine the genetic relationship between them. Up until now they have...
Longer Sentence for Reptile Smuggler
Terrestrial WildlifeAfter being caught attempting to pass a cache of snakes and a turtle through Kuala Lumpur International Airport into Indonesia, notorious wildlife smuggler Anson Wong of Malaysia initially received a...
Tigers Clawing for Survival
Terrestrial WildlifeLeaders from the 13 tiger range countries convened in St. Petersburg, Russia at the International Tiger Forum in November to discuss strategies to save the world’s remaining tigers. A century...
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...
Getting Trapped in the System
Terrestrial WildlifeRep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) reintroduced legislation to end the use of brutal traps on furbearing animals within the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, H.R. 2657,...