AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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The UK Invests in Non-Animal Research Methods
Animals in LaboratoriesAn important but underacknowledged barrier to reducing and replacing the use of animals in research and testing is that few researchers are trained in how to use non-animal methodologies. To help...
AWI Report Examines Tragic Toll of Barn Fires
Farmed AnimalsIn January, AWI released the third edition of Barn Fires: A Deadly Threat to Farmed Animals, chronicling farmed animal casualties in barn fires from 2022 through 2024. In the 300+ barn...
Octopus Farming’s Odious Outlook
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeThe unsustainability and cruelty involved in octopus farming prompted Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to introduce the Opposing the Cultivation and Trade of Octopus Produced through Unethical...
US Egg Producers to Curb Chick Culling
Farmed AnimalsFor the first time, several major US egg producers have committed to using a new technology called “in-ovo sexing” that can determine the sex of chicken embryos before they hatch....
Global Students Get Vocal for Animals
Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe 2024 edition of the annual “A Voice for Animals” contest, sponsored by AWI, the Humane Education Network, and the Palo Alto Humane Society, once again provided a platform for...
High School Seniors: Apply Now for AWI Scholarship
All ProgramsNow through March 16, 2025, high school seniors who are passionate about improving the lives of animals and want to continue making a positive impact through college and beyond can...
AWI Acts as IWC Ambassador at Marine Mammal Conference
Marine WildlifeThe 25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, hosted by the Society for Marine Mammalogy, took place in November, in Perth, Australia. AWI’s Dr. Naomi Rose has attended all...
Facing the Facts on Mexico’s Vaquita Protection Failures
Marine WildlifeIn September, AWI—on behalf of a coalition that includes the Center for Biological Diversity, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Environmental Investigation Agency—provided a “detailed submission” to the Commission on Environmental...
An Uncertain Time Ahead
All ProgramsEight years ago at this time, we waited to see how the incoming Trump administration would handle issues of animal welfare. What unfolded over the next four years proved to...
Humans Fall Victim as Ecosystems Fall out of Balance
Terrestrial WildlifeA dramatic die-off of vultures in India due to accidental poisoning was associated with a greater than 4 percent increase in human death rates from 2000 to 2005. Such was the...