AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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The Pantanal Is on Fire
Terrestrial WildlifeSouth America’s Pantanal—one of the world’s most biodiverse regions—is burning with a ferocity not seen in the historic record, with devastating suffering and death inflicted on the wild animals who...
Guidelines Aim to Improve Welfare of Rodent Cancer Models
Animals in LaboratoriesRats and mice are often used as cancer models—meaning cancer is induced in these animals to study the progression of the disease and potential treatments in hopes of translating the...
Lawmakers Urge Stronger Animal Protections
Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI rallied members of Congress to join letters to government agencies seeking greater animal protections. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) led a letter to the US...
Last of Alamogordo Chimps Bound for Sanctuary
Animals in LaboratoriesIn a surprising reversal, the National Institutes of Health announced that the remaining chimpanzees (23 as of October 1) at its Alamogordo Primate Facility will be relocated to a federally...
Message Delivered to Amazon: Stop Selling Ejiao
EquinesOn October 16, AWI and other advocacy groups rallied in front of Amazon’s second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, to deliver more than 370,000 petition signatures urging the company to ban...
Monkey Business on Hold—for Now
Animals in LaboratoriesAs reported this spring in the AWI Quarterly, a company called Safer Human Medicine (SHM) is seeking to build a massive facility in Bainbridge, Georgia, to breed tens of thousands of long-tailed...
Ridding Interior Appropriations of Harmful Riders
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI joined a coalition of groups urging US representatives to oppose riders in the House version of the fiscal year 2025 Department of the Interior spending bill that would undermine...
More Enrichment Makes for Healthier Rodents
Animals in LaboratoriesA recent meta-analysis published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science (Cait et al., 2024) found that the more types of resources (i.e., “enrichment”) rodents receive, the better their health. A previous...
HHC Members Ascend Capitol Hill to Advance Equine Welfare
EquinesIn September, more than 100 representatives of equine rescue, sanctuary, and advocacy organizations from across the country met in Washington, DC, for the 2024 Homes for Horses Coalition (HHC) Conference....
Bird Flu Infects Humans and House Cats
Companion Animals, Farmed AnimalsFebruary will mark four years of the United States battling the most significant animal health emergency in the country’s history: the continued spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, aka...