AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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Steps Taken To End Snake Trade
Terrestrial WildlifeOn December 11, 2009 the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works approved S. 373, a bill “to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal”...
Cruelty to Calves
Farmed AnimalsVermont-based Bushway Packing Inc. has been suspended from slaughtering days-old male dairy calves for veal. These animals are so young they are unable to stand on their own. Investigative video...
Farm Animal: Friend or Foe
Farmed AnimalsThough seven states have passed legislation to phase out common industry practices that confine farm animals in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely, lie down,...
A Voice for Animals High School Essay Contest
All ProgramsThe Humane Education Network’s 20th annual “A Voice for Animals” high school essay contest runs February 1 through March 31. The contest gives students the opportunity to express concerns about animal...
Solomon Islands Trades Dolphins to Malaysia
Marine WildlifeInternational trade in wild-caught Solomon Islands Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins continues with little sign of ending so long as the demand for dolphinariums persists. In December 2009, the Solomon Islands exported...
Status is Not Enough
Marine WildlifeInfamous for her “take no prisoners” stance on wildlife from wolves to polar bears, whales and more, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin objected in 2008 when the National Oceanic and...
Bushmeat Across Borders
Terrestrial WildlifeThe illicit bushmeat trade—the sale of wild animal meat—continues to thrive and even escalate despite efforts by scientists, conservationists and health officials to stemthe tide. In October 2009, a 21-year-old...
Rampant Poaching May Lead to Expulsion
Terrestrial WildlifeZimbabwe faces expulsion from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) unless it quickly gains control of rhino poaching within its borders. Twenty-six...
Sometimes Money Can’t Buy Everything
Terrestrial WildlifeTexas real estate scion and former chairman of Perot Systems, H. Ross Perot Jr. has met his match over a white rhino trophy head in a battle with South African...
The Vanishing Saola
Terrestrial WildlifeSaola is a species of Asian wild cattle discovered in 1992 and considered one of the world's rarest mammals. The species has remained elusive, even after its discovery, and is...