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Illicit Ivory Crushed in Colorado
Terrestrial WildlifeOn November 14 at the National Wildlife Property Repository in Denver, the US Fish and Wildlife Service pulverized six tons of elephant ivory that had been seized by its agents...
AWI Grants Support Better Care of Animals on the Farm
Farmed AnimalsAWI’s Good Husbandry Grants—administered through AWI’s Animal Welfare Approved (AWA) farm certification program—were initiated in 2008 to support individual projects on farms and ranches across North America that have a...
Petition to Reform Wildlife Services
Terrestrial WildlifeIn December, AWI and its allies petitioned the Obama administration to reform USDA's Wildlife Services program, which kills nearly 1.5 million animals each year without regard for sound science or...
FDA Takes Soft Approach Against Deadly Superbugs
Farmed AnimalsThe Food and Drug Administration claims to want to reduce non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in animal agriculture. Currently, farmed animals are administered antibiotics through feed or drinking water to make...
Study Reveals Lifelong Scars for Survivors of Elephant Massacres
Terrestrial WildlifeAccording to a study by behavioral ecologists at the University of Sussex, UK, and published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology, elephants who lost family members to traumatic culling operations decades...
Hallmark/Westland Settlement: A Win for Animals
Farmed AnimalsIn 2008 an undercover investigation showing heinous animal cruelty led to the largest beef recall in US history. The meat recalled came from Westland/Hallmark Meat Packing Co. in Chino, California....
Animal Protection Caucus Leaders to Retire
Terrestrial WildlifeReps. Jim Moran (D-VA) and John Campbell (R-CA), co-chairs of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus and two of the strongest advocates in Congress for animal protection legislation, have announced plans...
Three Out of Four Arsenic-Based Drugs Are Shelved
Farmed AnimalsApproval is being rescinded for three of four arsenic-based drugs that had been used in animal feed. Of the 101 drug products derived from these four drugs, 98 will have...
Congress Reinstates Annual Ban on Horse Slaughter in the US
EquinesIn January, Congress approved a massive $1.1 trillion annual spending bill to fund the federal government that included language prohibiting USDA from spending funds to inspect horse slaughter facilities. The...
UK Beak Trimming Ban in Jeopardy
Farmed AnimalsAn outbreak of aggressive feather pecking and cannibalism in a flock of laying hens involved in a government-backed trial could derail plans to ban beak trimming in the UK as...