AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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AWI and Allies Win Big Victory on Behalf of Marine Animals
Marine WildlifeA federal judge ruled on March 31 that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) acted illegally in approving US Navy testing and training activities that threaten widespread harm to marine...
AWI Staff Helps Stem Trash Tide Along DC River
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeWe pour a lot of plastic into the world’s oceans—directly and through the myriad waterways that spill into the seas. A pioneering study published in Science in February estimated that, in 2010...
Gray Whales Under Hunting Threat
Marine WildlifeIn May 1999, whalers from the Makah Tribe in northwestern Washington state killed a gray whale—something they had not done since the 1920s. Even the few tribal elders who could...
New Coalition Seeks End of Orca Captivity in EU
Marine WildlifeDr. Naomi Rose of AWI attended the launch of a new coalition called Dolphinaria-Free Europe (DFE), on March 4, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. Comprised of more than...
New York Tones Down Mute Swan Eradication Plan
Marine WildlifeThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) released a revised wild mute swan management plan in which it backs away (somewhat) from its initial proposal to eradicate all...
Another B Dealer Goes Down
Animals in LaboratoriesThe number of remaining “Class B” random source dog and cat dealers selling animals for experimentation in the United States has just been reduced to five. On January 15, 2014,...
Government Warehouse Filled with Seized Wildlife
Terrestrial WildlifeThere were stuffed tigers standing at the entrance of the 13,000-square-foot warehouse. Large plastic trash bags filled with thousands upon thousands of dead, dried seahorses sat slumped in the aisle....
Harvard Says “All Fine” After Small Fine
Animals in LaboratoriesJust months after Harvard stunned the research community by announcing the closure of the half-century-old New England Primate Research Center (NEPRC)—as reported in the Summer 2013 AWI Quarterly—USDA announced that it had...
Ill Wind for Bats and Birds
Terrestrial WildlifeEven clean energy can take its toll on animals if caution is thrown to the wind. According to an analysis by Mark Hayes of the University of Colorado, published in...
Animal Cruelty Charges Dropped Against Animal Advocate
Farmed AnimalsAn undercover investigator, Taylor Radig, put herself at significant personal risk in order to expose animal cruelty at the Quanah Cattle Company, a calf-raising facility in Kersey, Colorado. The investigator...