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Something Doesn’t Add Up
Animals in LaboratoriesFish can perform simple addition and subtraction, a study recently published in the journal Scientific Reports revealed (Schluessel et al., 2022). In a series of runs, cichlids and stingrays were first shown...
Browser Extension Helps Consumers Choose Higher-Welfare Foods
Farmed AnimalsAWI is partnering with Consciously, a public benefit company, and the ASPCA’s Shop With Your Heart program on a new internet browser extension (add-on) that will help consumers select higher-welfare...
Supreme Court to Weigh California Anticonfinement Law
Farmed AnimalsThe Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging California’s Proposition 12, a voter initiative requiring pork, veal, and eggs sold in the state to come from animals raised in...
Celebrating Whaling Ban Agreement’s 40th Anniversary
Marine WildlifeAlmost 3 million whales were killed for their oil and meat in the 20th century, bringing many species and populations to the brink of extinction. Forty years ago, in July 1982,...
Ocean Noise Study Targets More Minkes
Marine WildlifeIn June 2021, a dubious US government–funded attempt to study minke whales’ response to ocean noise began in the northern Norway region of Lofoten. (See AWI Quarterly, summer 2021.) It involves...
Vaquita’s Fate Hinges on End to Illegal Fishing
Marine WildlifeFewer than 10 vaquita porpoises remain in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California. Yet, calves were observed during a 2021 survey, and new evidence, published in Science, indicates that the vaquita’s historical...
COVID-19 Mink Variant Infecting Humans
Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has now confirmed four cases of humans infected with a variant of the coronavirus originating in farmed mink during an outbreak in Eaton...
Flu Outbreak Fells Wild Horses in Holding Facility
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeSince April, over 140 wild horses have died from influenza exacerbated by a bacterial infection at a Colorado holding facility in Cañon City in what is thought to be the...
Red Wolf Births Boost Chances for Species
Terrestrial WildlifeAs spring brought budding trees and new shoots to Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina, it also brought renewed hope for the survival of the red wolf, the...
Conventional Rodent Housing Is Harmful to Animals and Science
Animals in LaboratoriesA meta-analysis recently published in the journal BMC Biology (Cait et al., 2022) found that rats and mice housed in conventional laboratory cages have higher mortality rates and greater disease severity compared...