AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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Combatting Wildlife Trafficking in Africa
Terrestrial WildlifeEach year, millions of wild animals, including imperiled species, fall victim to an illegal wildlife trade with an annual estimated value between $7 billion and $20 billion. Wildlife trafficking causes...
New York to Outlaw Wildlife Killing Contests
Terrestrial WildlifeAfter years of work by a coalition of advocacy groups, including AWI, the New York legislature passed a bill in June to ban wildlife killing contests, with certain exceptions, including...
Helping Homeless People and Pets
Companion AnimalsReps. Jason Crow (D-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Nancy Mace (R-SC) reintroduced the Providing for Unhoused People and Pets (PUPP) Act (HR 3957). This bill would make...
Improving Animal Welfare Act Enforcement
Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeIn June, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) reintroduced the Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act (AWEIA; HR 3859) in response to the egregious failures by the US Department...
Legislators Float Wrong Moves on Right Whales
Marine WildlifeVessel strikes continue to be one of the leading threats facing critically endangered North Atlantic right whales (NARW). Slowing down vessels is the only proven way to avoid these deadly...
3D Printing for Conservation
Animals in LaboratoriesIn 2020, Drs. Constance Woodman and Giridhar Athrey of Texas A&M University were awarded an AWI Refinement Research Award for a study investigating the toxicity of various 3D printing materials...
Pork Industry Pals Try to Torpedo Prop 12
Farmed AnimalsIn May, the US Supreme Court upheld California’s ban on certain forms of extreme confinement for farmed animals in California and the in-state sale of eggs and meat from facilities anywhere that...
Two Funding Opportunities for Animals in Labs
Animals in LaboratoriesCalling on those who work with animals in research laboratories in the United States or Canada and strive to improve their welfare: AWI now has two funding opportunities—one to enable...
Protecting Horses from Slaughter and Unsafe Transport
EquinesAWI worked closely with Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), on the reintroduction of the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE)...
Cultivated Chicken
Farmed AnimalsIn June, two companies—Upside Foods and Good Meat—were issued groundbreaking grants of inspection by the US Department of Agriculture that cleared the way for “cell-cultivated” (a.k.a. lab-grown) chicken to be...