AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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AWI Scholarship Winners Pursue Higher Education to Help Animals
“Even if animals were to experience pain differently: humans shouldn’t be harming them at all,” reads the last line of an essay question response submitted by one of AWI’s recent...
Aquarium Import in Flux After Belugas Fall Ill
Marine WildlifeAWI and a number of allies and partners have been working to minimize the harm to five beluga whales scheduled for import to Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut from Marineland in...
Licensing Program Proposed for Puget Sound Whale-Watch Vendors
Marine WildlifeThe Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has published a draft rule to establish a commercial whale-watching licensing program in Puget Sound. AWI submitted comments supporting strong oversight to maximize...
New Report Examines How Biodiversity and Economic Health Intertwine
Marine WildlifeA February 2021 report commissioned by the UK government provides a sobering economic analysis to explain why we must change the way we interact with nature if we wish to...
New Whale Species Identified in Gulf of Mexico
Marine WildlifeScientists from NOAA Fisheries have identified a new species of baleen whale in the Gulf of Mexico. The new species, previously thought to be a subspecies of the Bryde’s whale,...
Texas Storms Bring Misery to Humans and Animals
Marine WildlifeFebruary saw a rare winter storm hit southern US states, including an unprecedented blackout that caused multiple human and animal deaths. In Texas, the storm affected natural gas plants and...
Court Orders USFWS to Get Red Wolf Recovery Back on Track
Terrestrial WildlifeThe US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled in January that the US Fish and Wildlife Service must quickly draft and execute a plan to resume...
Efforts to Weaken Migratory Bird Protections on Hold
Terrestrial WildlifeIn the former administration’s final days, the US Fish and Wildlife Service published a rule that weakens the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) by no longer penalizing individuals and corporations...
High Hopes Secretary Haaland Will Halt Surgical Sterilization Scheme
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeLast October, the Bureau of Land Management finalized plans to employ an inhumane surgical sterilization procedure—ovariectomy via colpotomy—to control the population of wild horses in Utah’s Confusion Herd Management Area...
Meatpackers Fined for Failing to Protect Workers
Farmed AnimalsAs of November, over 50,000 workers at meat and poultry slaughter facilities had been infected with COVID-19. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has determined that the spread of COVID-19...