AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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AWI and Book Publisher Enlist Kids to Save Species
Terrestrial WildlifeLast May, AWI was honored to partner with HarperCollins Children’s Books on educational materials coinciding with the launch of a new series aimed at 3rd to 6th graders from Newbery...
AWI Speaks Up For NY Horn and Ivory Restrictions
Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeIn August, AWI filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support of a New York law restricting trade in ivory and rhinoceros horn. The 2014 law prohibits...
China Allows—then Disavows—Medicinal Use of Tiger, Rhino Parts
Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeOn October 29, the State Council of China issued a policy directive indicating that the use of horn and bones from farmed rhinos and tigers for “medical research or in...
Chipping Away at the ESA
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeBoth Congress and the Trump administration continue their assaults on wildlife, particularly through efforts to undermine the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Several members of Congress have now packaged together nine...
Ivory Ban Passes in Illinois
Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeIn May, the Illinois legislature passed HB 4843, a bill introduced by Rep. Martin Moylan (D) to restrict the sale of ivory and rhino horn within the state. On August...
Apply for Laboratory Animal Welfare Refinement Grants
Animals in LaboratoriesAWI congratulates the most recent Refinement Grant recipients: Dr. Brianna Gaskill, Purdue University: Investigating the link between laboratory personnel’s professional quality of life and the provision of environmental enrichment to animals...
Offensive Riders Stripped from Defense Bill
On a positive note, one effort to use a critical (and completely unrelated) piece of legislation to erode the ESA failed decisively. The bill in question is the National Defense...
New Computer Algorithm Could Replace Animal Tests—and Be Better at It
Animals in LaboratoriesA team of scientists has developed an advanced computer algorithm that can predict the toxicity of new chemicals better than standard animal tests. This breakthrough has the potential to spare...
Beef Quality Audit Suggests Need for Welfare Improvements
Farmed AnimalsEvery five years or so, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association releases a National Beef Quality Audit, conducted through the beef checkoff program (checkoff programs collect money from producers to fund...
International Body Adopts Pig Welfare Standards
Farmed AnimalsThe World Organisation for Animal Health (known by its French initials, “OIE”), at its annual meeting in Paris in May, approved a new chapter on the welfare of pigs for...