AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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Canis rufus Reality: Red Wolf Status Confirmed
Terrestrial WildlifeIn March, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report titled Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf. The report, commissioned...
CITES Meeting Postponed
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIt was our intent in this issue of the Quarterly to provide a summary of outcomes from the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in...
Operation Blizzard Nabs Lizard Smugglers
Terrestrial WildlifeA highly coordinated international operation targeting the illegal trade in reptiles has resulted in the largest reptile bust to date. Coordinated by Interpol and Europol, “Operation Blizzard” (April 12–May 22)...
UN Report Paints Stark Picture on Extinction Crisis
Terrestrial WildlifeIn May, the United Nations issued a grim assessment of the state of global biodiversity and ecosystem services, revealing that approximately 1 million animal and plant species are threatened with...
Bills to Protect Marine Species Advance in Senate
Marine WildlifeTo protect some of the world’s most endangered marine species, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unanimously approved two bills: the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (S 877)...
Good Mouse Housekeeping: En Suite Bathroom Makes for Happier Mice
Animals in LaboratoriesMice have a strong preference to nest away from their own waste, and mice in laboratories should be housed in a system of cages that allows them to segregate space...
Circuses No Place for Lions, Tigers, and Bears
Terrestrial WildlifeRepresentatives Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and David Schweikert (R-AZ) have reintroduced the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA), which would amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit...
The Cost of Beauty
Animals in LaboratoriesCosmetics testing on animals is a few steps closer to becoming a practice of the past. The Canadian Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act (Bill S-214) has passed the Senate and will now...
End in Sight to Rubber-Stamped Licenses?
The US Department of Agriculture published a proposed rule in March that should end the rubber-stamping of renewals for dealers and exhibitors licensed under the Animal Welfare Act, regardless of...
Bill Identifies Animal Abuse as Child Abuse Risk Factor
Companion AnimalsTo facilitate better information about the co-occurrence of child abuse and animal abuse, Representatives Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) and John Katko (R-NY) introduced the Child and Animal Abuse Detection and...