AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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Whale Meat Served in California
Marine WildlifeFollowing an undercover operation and federal investigation, trendy Santa Monica sushi restaurant, The Hump, was charged with serving meat from an endangered sei whale and consequently closed its doors on...
Whales Rally on the Mall
Marine WildlifeReminiscent of the Save the Whales days of the 70s and 80s, Earth Day 2010 saw a pod of whales and a mass of people converge on the National Mall...
New Mexico Town Opposes Cruel Traps
Terrestrial WildlifeOn February 23, the Silver City, NM town council unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the state to ban steel-jaw leghold traps, strangling snares and other painful body-gripping traps on...
Territory Expands for California Condors
Terrestrial WildlifeNorth America's largest bird has not had an easy go of it, and after a century of absence, a pair of critically endangered birds has made the Pinnacles National Monument...
Aid for Prosecutors of Animal Abuse
Companion AnimalsThe success of the prosecutor training conference last year (AWI Quarterly Fall 2009) caught the attention of the federal government! AWI’s partner in that conference, the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA),...
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Marine Life
Marine WildlifeIn January, AWI and 11 other groups filed suit against the US Navy and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) over the Navy’s...
Senate Bill to Protect Whales
Marine WildlifeSenator John Kerry (D-MA), a long-standing champion of whales, introduced legislation in early March “to amend the Whale Conservation and Protection Study Act to promote international whale conservation, protection, and...
Wind Energy Project Modified for Bats
Terrestrial WildlifeAfter the precedent setting ruling by a federal court late last year that an industrial wind energy project in West Virginia will kill and injure endangered Indiana bats, AWI and...
FDA Caves to Big Ag Pressure; Endangers Human and Animal Life
Farmed AnimalsIn late November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked its ban on extra-label antibiotics used in rearing farm animals, particularly in intensive systems. The ban was proposed last summer as...
Global Animal Welfare Meeting Held in Egypt
Farmed AnimalsThe second global conference on Animal Welfare was convened by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) last year in Cairo, Egypt, from October 20 to 22. The conference had...