AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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Captive Primate Safety Act Reintroduced
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Captive Primate Safety Act (HR 8164/S 4206) was reintroduced in May by Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), with AWI’s strong endorsement....
Online Marketplace May Help Reduce Animal Use
Animals in LaboratoriesA new global online marketplace that allows researchers to sell unused animal samples to other labs is being launched. Called aRukon, the free platform was created by biomedical researcher Dr....
Gearing Up for Next Year’s Spending Cycle
All ProgramsFor the upcoming fiscal year, beginning October 1, AWI provided members of Congress with a list of priorities covering the welfare of companion animals, farmed animals, marine mammals, and other...
BLM’s Bumbling Efforts on Birth Control
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI worked with Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and Steve Cohen (D-TN)—two stalwart champions for equine welfare—to denounce the Bureau of Land Management’s reckless plan to round up approximately 20,000 wild...
Bycatch Standards Bypass Foreign Fisheries
Marine WildlifeAround the globe each year, more than 650,000 marine mammals are killed or seriously injured as bycatch—entangled or hooked in fishing gear meant for other species. Since 1972, the Marine...
IWC Scientific Committee Advances Cetacean Conservation
Marine WildlifeSince 2000, Dr. Naomi Rose, AWI’s marine mammal biology senior scientist, has attended meetings of the International Whaling Commission’s Scientific Committee as an invited participant. At this year’s meeting—held in...
Right Whale Calf Dies After Apparent Boat Collision
Marine WildlifeNo more than 360 North Atlantic right whales remain, including fewer than 70 reproductively active females. The past seven years have been devastating, as entanglements in commercial fishing gear and...
Climate Change Could Trigger Catastrophic Species Loss
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIn a new study published in Global Change Biology (Wiens & Zelinka, 2024), researchers at the University of Arizona examined a comprehensive suite of factors to estimate climate-caused extinction in coming decades. The conclusions...
Petition Seeks Regs to Rein in Wildlife Services
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI and allies submitted a petition for rulemaking to the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in November urging the agency to adopt regulations governing its...
Protecting Predators on National Wildlife Refuges
Terrestrial WildlifeThe US Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed prohibiting most forms of predator control on National Wildlife Refuge System lands, which AWI strongly supports. In comments, we highlighted the critical...