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Under Pressure, Mexico Pledges New Fishing Restrictions to Help Save Vaquita
Endangered Species, Marine WildlifeOn July 24, Mexico committed to permanently banning all gillnet fishing within the Gulf of Mexico habitat of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Details, including enforcement mechanisms, have yet to...
AWI Sues Monterey County over Wildlife Services Contract
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI and allies filed a lawsuit in June challenging the renewal by Monterey County, California, of its contract with the US Department of Agriculture’s deadly Wildlife Services program. The lawsuit...
Florida Bear Hunt Suspended
Terrestrial WildlifeFlorida’s black bears get a one year reprieve from hunting after the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 4-3 to suspend hunts while it gathered more information about bear...
USFWS Eases Off Effort to Curtail Citizen Participation in Species Protection
Terrestrial WildlifeIn the summer 2015 edition of the AWI Quarterly, we told you about an alarming proposal from the US Fish and Wildlife Service that would create serious roadblocks for private citizens wishing...
Dormant Horse Slaughter Plant Demolished
EquinesA powerful symbol of the horse slaughter industry—and of the hopes some have of resurrecting it—crumbled in April with the demolition of the former Dallas Crown plant in Kaufman, Texas....
House Committee Advances USDA Spending Bill
Shutting the door on horse slaughter and Class B dealers: In its fiscal year 2017 spending bill for the US Department of Agriculture, the House Appropriations Committee included two AWI priorities....
AWI Addresses Animal Abuse and Behavioral Health in Children
Companion AnimalsIn the last 20 years, law enforcement, policymakers, health care professionals, and the general public have become more aware of the significant link between animal abuse and child abuse. As...
Staten Island Unveils New Animal Cruelty Prosecution Unit
Companion AnimalsParticipants in the first animal cruelty prosecution training conference hosted by AWI and the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys in 2009 came looking for guidance—and like-minded souls. They included individuals who...
APHIS Takes AWI’s Advice on Improving Animal Export Conditions
Farmed AnimalsIn 2011, after several reports of animals shipped from the United States dying during arduous journeys overseas, AWI petitioned the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service...
AWI Releases Report on Poultry Slaughter
Farmed AnimalsAWI’s report, The Welfare of Birds at Slaughter in the United States, describes the results of the first-ever survey of federal government oversight of the manner in which birds raised for...