AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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Uninspiring Update to USDA Animal-Raising Claims Guideline
Farmed AnimalsThe USDA has recently released its updated food labeling guideline for animal-raising claims made on meat and poultry products, three years after taking public comments on proposed changes. Disappointingly, the...
Congrats to AWI Scholarship Recipients
AWI extends our congratulations to Hailey Chui (California), Katja Erringer (Oregon), Sage Farrow (Colorado), Lien Ferry (Pennsylvania), Makenna Owens (Florida), Will Smith (Minnesota), Isabelle Sydow (Minnesota), and Chloe Quin (Illinois)....
AWI Offers Reward for Info on Dolphin Killings
Marine WildlifeAt least three dolphins were brutally killed within a year, and AWI is supporting the efforts of local authorities to bring those responsible to justice. In late January 2020, a...
Right Whale Births This Year a Positive Sign for Species
Marine WildlifeThe past three years have been devastating for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Only 400 individuals of the species are thought to remain. Since 2017, over the course...
Shark Fin Sellers Foiled in Florida, Texas
Marine WildlifeUS Fish and Wildlife Service officials seized 18 boxes of dried shark fins at PortMiami in late January. The shipment, estimated to be worth up to $1 million, was believed...
Solar Storms Implicated in Some Gray Whale Strandings
Marine WildlifeSolar storms eject high-energy particles from the sun, which stream toward Earth and disrupt communications systems and the planet’s magnetic field. Researchers at Duke University and Chicago’s Adler Planetarium, reporting...
AWI Contributes to Australian Wildlife Rescue and Recovery
Terrestrial WildlifeWhile the images of singed rescued koalas have dominated media attention, many other species are impacted by the Australian fires. Grey-headed flying foxes; platypuses; kangaroos; wallabies; quokkas; northern and southern...
Animals Protections Included in Appropriations Package
The fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills finalized in December included a number of victories for animals: On the marine side, $3 million was allocated for research and monitoring of the...
DC Set to Ban Ivory and Rhino Horn Sales
Terrestrial WildlifeA bill to restrict the sale of ivory and rhino horn in the nation’s capital is poised to pass the DC Council and head to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s desk. A...
Clarification: Rats Playing Hide-and-Seek
Animals in LaboratoriesIn the last issue of the AWI Quarterly, we reported on a study recently published in the journal Science (Reinhold et al., 2019). In that study, researchers who were examining the...