AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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NIH Announces Major Change in Funding Priorities
Animals in LaboratoriesIn line with its recently announced initiative to prioritize human-based research (see AWI Quarterly, summer 2025), the NIH announced in July that moving forward, all new calls for funding from the agency, known...
Torching Local Efforts to Prevent Barn Fires
Farmed AnimalsAWI has reported extensively on barn fires, which subject hundreds of thousands of animals to horrific deaths each year. To address this problem and increase fire protections for animals on...
Rising Tide of US Opposition to Octopus Farming
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeEfforts to protect octopuses from commercial farming continue, with legislation proposed this year in several states to prohibit octopus farming and the sale of farmed octopus products. Campaigns by animal...
Another OSHA Fine Spotlights SeaWorld Safety Issues
Marine WildlifeA SeaWorld Orlando trainer was injured while handling an orca in the park’s medical pool in September 2024. The injury (rumored to be a broken arm, but never confirmed by...
Georgia Joins List of States that Include Pets in Protection Orders
Companion AnimalsIn surveys of domestic violence survivors, as many as 48 percent have indicated that they delayed leaving a dangerous situation because they had no way to keep their pets safe....
Fed Bill Aims to Force-Feed States with Factory Farm Products
Farmed AnimalsAs Iowa state lawmakers seek to shut down scrutiny of the state’s abundant factory farms, one of their US senators is trying to make sure no other state can enact farmed...
Dolphin-Dooming Barataria Bay Project Halted
Marine WildlifeFor several years, AWI has opposed a project to divert fresh sediment-rich river water into Barataria Bay in an effort to restore Mississippi River Delta land lost to erosion. Delta...
Whale-Safe Fishing Gains Ground in Southeast Seas
Marine WildlifeIn March, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC)—a regional body responsible for managing federal fisheries from North Carolina to Florida—met in Jekyll Island, Georgia. One item on the docket,...
Executive Order Opens America’s Forests to Unchecked Logging
Terrestrial WildlifeOn March 1, President Trump issued an executive order entitled “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production,” to massively accelerate and increase logging on US Forest Service and Bureau of Land...
Study Shows Steep Decline in US Butterfly Population
Terrestrial WildlifeInsects, though often maligned, are critically important to the planet and to our own survival. A vast array of species depend on them for food; other ecological services they provide...