AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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Needle in a Fruit Fly
Animals in LaboratoriesMove over, Charles Darwin. According to National University of Ireland pioneering biologist Kevin Kavanagh, because an insect’s immune system—specifically its haematocytes—closely resembles one part of the mammalian immune system—or its...
Nepal’s Rhesus Monkeys: Free But Not Yet Wild
Animals in LaboratoriesIn 2003 the nation of Nepal decided to allow captive breeding of rhesus monkeys for research and export, despite monkeys being sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists. Two facilities were...
Smithfield Stalls
Farmed AnimalsImprisoning more than one million breeding sows in the US, gestation crates used by Smithfield Foods are severe forms of punishment designed with one goal in mind: increased profit. In...
Which Came First, The Gentle Hen or The Cage?
Farmed AnimalsEgg-laying hens in confinement bear some of the worst abuses the agricultural industry offers. To the detriment of their own well-being, hens are bred for increasing egg production. In an...
Pablo Puppy Games
Companion AnimalsAWI is pleased to announce the availability of new humane educational on-line resources for children. Coloring pages, a matching game and a board game titled "Walking the Dog" can all...
Canning the Canned Hunt
Terrestrial WildlifeThe government of South Africa, one of the largest captive hunting regions on the globe, officially banned the canned hunting of lions in June. About 120 active lion breeders run...
Class B Dealers Unnecessary, National Academy of Sciences Tells NIH
Animals in LaboratoriesIn what the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) hopes will be the death knell for this cruel cottage industry, a National Academy of Sciences Committee report released on May 29 and...
Commercial Wildlife Farms Threaten Asian Fauna
Terrestrial WildlifeResults of a joint study between the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Vietnam’s Forest Protection Department revealed in May that commercial wildlife farms in Vietnam are threatening Asian animal species...
Illinois Court to Decide Fate of Mega Dairy
Farmed AnimalsThe nonprofit group Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards (HOMES) of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, achieved yet another victory against a massive, industrial-scale dairy operation. Investor and California millionaire A.J. Bos...
Ensnared Fox Kit Sustained by His Mother
Terrestrial WildlifeA three-month-old fox kit in the UK was rescued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) this spring after enduring about two weeks caught in...