AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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AWI Scholarship Recipients Pursue Education with Animals in Mind
The ever-rising cost of a college education can be daunting—particularly if you plan to enter fields involving animal care, conservation, and/or advocacy, where love of animals and dedication to the...
Using AWI Children’s Books to Teach Animal Care and Compassion
Companion AnimalsStories can be a powerful way to share lessons with children about kindness and proper companion animal care. They provide children with an opportunity to consider new concepts and practice...
From Bad to Worse at Miami Seaquarium
Marine WildlifeIn September 2021, a damning inspection report prepared by the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) was released for Miami Seaquarium. (See AWI Quarterly, winter 2021.)...
Hawaii First US State to Ban Shark Fishing
Marine WildlifeOn January 1, Hawaii became the first US state to make shark fishing illegal. The law bans anyone from knowingly capturing, entangling, or killing any shark species in the state’s...
Iceland’s Lone Fin Whaler Prepares to Strike Again
Marine WildlifeHvalur, Iceland’s sole remaining fin whaling company, announced in March that it intends to resume hunting this summer for the first time since 2018. Its two aging whaling vessels are...
Kazakhstan Will Phase Out Captive Dolphin Displays
Marine WildlifeYet another country has concluded that keeping cetaceans in captivity for human entertainment is an archaic practice that should end. After a two-year effort by activists in Kazakhstan, as well...
Overhunting Threatens Greenland Narwhals
Marine WildlifeAWI and more than 30 other animal protection and conservation organizations have called on the government of Greenland to immediately cancel hunting quotas for 50 narwhals from three populations in...
E.O. Wilson
Terrestrial Wildlife1929–2021 Born in Alabama, Dr. E. O. Wilson spent his formative years exploring forests and tidal pools, an activity that inspired a lifetime of inquiry and discovery. After completing his...
Thomas Lovejoy
Terrestrial Wildlife1941–2021 The life and career of Dr. Thomas Lovejoy—who coined the term “biological diversity”—was dedicated to the protection of the planet. After Lovejoy obtained a bachelor’s degree and PhD from...
Congratulations to This Year’s AWI Refinement Grant Recipients
Animals in LaboratoriesEvery year, AWI awards grants of up to US$10,000 to support research projects aimed at developing or testing new and creative ways to improve the welfare of animals in research....