AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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Making Life Easier for Rodents and Rabbits in Laboratories
Animals in LaboratoriesRefinements for Rodents and Rabbits in Research Laboratories will be rolling off the presses soon. AWI will introduce the book—an update of a previous volume—at the 74th Annual Symposium of the American...
Two More States Ban Wild Animal Circus Acts
Terrestrial WildlifeIn May, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed SB 547/HB 379 into law, prohibiting the use of elephants, big cats, bears, and nonhuman primates in traveling shows and circuses in the...
NIH Keeps Chimps in Limbo at Alamogordo
Animals in Laboratories, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Chimpanzee Health, Improvement, Maintenance and Protection (CHIMP) Act requires all federally owned chimpanzees retired from research to be moved to a federally operated sanctuary, such as Chimp Haven, near...
Export for Slaughter from Great Britain Banned
Farmed AnimalsFollowing decades of campaigning by animal protection organizations, a ban has been enacted on export of livestock for slaughter from Great Britain to destinations outside Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the...
Fire Code Adds Sprinkler Requirement for Larger Animal Operations
Farmed AnimalsThe National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committee on Animal Housing—the body that oversees development and revisions of the Fire and Life Safety in Animal Housing Facilities Code (NFPA 150)—has...
Hawai‘i Adopts Rules to Protect Animals at Sea
Farmed AnimalsIn Hawai‘i, regulations are now in place to protect cattle, sheep, goats, and other farmed animals transported via barge between the state’s islands. Governor Green signed off on the rules...
AWI Prepares for IWC69
Marine WildlifeThe 69th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC69) will take place in Lima, Peru, this September. The gathering will include representatives from most of the 88 IWC member governments, as...
Exploring Limited Options for Barataria Bay Dolphins
Marine WildlifeA US government workshop was held in late August to discuss options for intervention on behalf of the bottlenose dolphins in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, once a project designed to restore...
Latest Vaquita Survey Paints Grim Picture
Marine WildlifeIn May, two research vessels embarked on a survey in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California, searching for evidence of the world’s rarest marine mammal, the tiny vaquita porpoise. Scientists conducted...
Painted Woolly Bats: Dying for Decor
Terrestrial WildlifeIn their native Southeast Asia, painted woolly bats often gather in pairs or small groups, roosting in tree hollows and on the underside of suspended bird nests, leaves, and eaves...