AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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AWI Addresses Captive Cetacean Welfare at Detroit Symposium
Marine WildlifeAWI seeks to persuade not just the general public and policymakers, but zoos and aquariums themselves, that cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) do not belong in captivity. Accordingly, AWI’s Dr....
Grim News from the North Atlantic
Marine WildlifeEight North Atlantic right whales have died since early June, a devastating blow to a population that numbers roughly 500. This disaster has been compounded by the tragic death of...
Japan Ramps Up Efforts to Bring Back Commercial Whaling
Marine WildlifeJapan has adopted a new law that (1) guarantees huge state subsidies for its otherwise nonviable whaling industry, (2) seeks to raise demand for whale meat, and (3) establishes penalties...
Latest Developments in Desperate Fight for Vaquita
Marine WildlifeOn July 6, AWI cosponsored a “Save the Vaquita” rally at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, DC. The well-attended gathering (despite pouring rain) received wide coverage in Mexican media and...
OIG Agrees: Lolita’s Tank is Too Small
Marine WildlifeFor years, the animal protection community, including AWI, has maintained that the tank for Lolita, the lone orca who has languished for over 45 years at the Miami Seaquarium, does...
AWI Petitions Wildlife Services to End Cyanide Use in Wyoming
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI and a number of conservation and wildlife organizations formally petitioned the USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services program and the Wyoming Department of Agriculture in June for an immediate ban on the...
AWI Sues Wildlife Services in Northern California
Terrestrial WildlifeOn June 21, AWI and allies sued the Wildlife Services program of the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) over the program’s “Wildlife Damage Management”...
Court Decision: Hunters Are Responsible if They Shoot Protected Species
Terrestrial WildlifeIn June, a federal judge in Arizona struck down the Department of Justice’s longstanding “McKittrick Policy.” This policy advised the DOJ’s attorneys to prosecute individuals who killed threatened and endangered...
Namibia Allows Game Farm to Sell Elephants to Dubai
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Namibian government has granted an export permit allowing a game farm in the country to take five young elephants away from their families and sell them to a safari...
USFWS Continues Quest to Weaken Wild Red Wolf Population
Terrestrial WildlifeIn September of last year, the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed significantly reducing the range of the existing wild population of red wolves by removing individual wolves from the...