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Feds Urged Not to Upend FDA Oversight of GE Farm Animals
Farmed AnimalsFor years, the animal agriculture industry has pressured the federal government to facilitate production of genetically engineered (GE) farm animals as a way to increase production and profits. Just prior...
USDA to Make Slaughter Records Available to Public
Farmed AnimalsDue to AWI’s efforts, thousands of records about the treatment of animals at slaughter are now publicly available on the US Department of Agriculture’s website. The documents include records related...
AWI Provides Support for Israel Tar Cleanup
Marine WildlifeIn February, in what is being described as one of the worst ecological disasters in Israel’s history, a massive oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea caused hundreds of tons of...
Ship Strike Fells Mother and Calf Fin Whales
Marine WildlifeIn May, two dead fin whales, believed to be a mother and calf, were discovered after they dislodged from the hull of a Royal Australian Navy vessel. The destroyer, HMAS Sydney,...
BLM Drops Surgical Sterilization Plan for Utah Wild Horses
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Bureau of Land Management recently indicated that it will withdraw a proposal to conduct sterilization surgeries on wild horses in Utah’s Confusion Herd Management Area. (See AWI Quarterly, spring 2021.)...
IUCN Offers Grim Assessment of African Elephants
Terrestrial WildlifeBased on genetic research and the latest status assessment of African elephants, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has formally split the species into forest and savanna elephants...
Red Wolves Released into Wild in North Carolina
Terrestrial WildlifeIn late April and early May, four adult captive red wolves were released into the Red Wolf Recovery Area in eastern North Carolina, and four red wolf pups born in...
Traps and Poisons Prohibited on New Mexico Public Lands
Terrestrial WildlifeIn a major victory, New Mexico has enacted the Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety Act—also known as “Roxy’s Law”—which bans the use of traps, snares, and poisons on New Mexico’s...
USFWS Recommends Continued Protections for Grizzly Bears
Terrestrial WildlifeFollowing a recent review of the conservation status of grizzly bears in the continental United States, the US Fish and Wildlife Service recommended in March that the bears continue to...
Wildlife Services Kills Less (but a Lot) in 2020
Terrestrial WildlifeThe US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program trapped, shot, and poisoned more than 430,000 native animals last year, including hundreds of wolves, bears, and mountain lions, thousands of foxes,...