AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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Moran Bills Give Animals a Break from Greasepaint and Traveling Show Grind
Animals in Laboratories, Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeRep. Jim Moran (D-VA) has introduced bills to remedy two different animal welfare problems. The first, HR 4148, the Humane Cosmetics Act, prohibits testing cosmetics on animals and also the...
New Hampshire Includes Pets in Protection Orders
Companion AnimalsGovernor Maggie Hassan is poised as we go to press to sign HB 1410, making New Hampshire the 27th state to allow courts to include pets in protection orders. What...
Sportsmen’s Act Fouls Out
Marine WildlifeIn February, the House of Representatives passed the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act. A companion bill, the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2014, was then introduced in the Senate. AWI...
Animal Welfare Groups Ask USDA to Ban Slaughter of Downer Pigs
Farmed AnimalsAWI, along with several other animal advocacy groups, filed a rulemaking petition with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) under the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and the Federal...
USFWS Proposes ESA Protection for Endangered Bat
Terrestrial WildlifeAs previous Quarterly articles have reported, white-nose syndrome (WNS) is having a devastating effect on US and Canadian populations of hibernating bats. Some formerly abundant species are now on the brink of...
AWI Pushes for Strong Fire Safety Standards
Farmed AnimalsThe National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently took comments on their proposed new edition of Standards on Fire and Life Safety in Animal Housing Facilities. Unfortunately, this latest version does...
Electronic Vehicle Logs Could Make Roads Safer for People and Animals
Farmed AnimalsThe Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has published a proposed change to transportation regulations in order to reduce accidents and paperwork burdens. FMCSA is reviewing options...
Inhumane Slaughter Plant Shut Down by USDA
Farmed AnimalsThe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) indefinitely pulled its inspectors from Brooksville Meat Fabrication (“Brooksville”), a slaughterhouse in Bracken County, Kentucky, for inhumane handling and slaughtering of animals. Without...
USDA Sued over Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella in Meat
Farmed AnimalsThe Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has filed a lawsuit against USDA for its failure to protect the public from antibiotic-resistant strains of Salmonella. In May 2011, CSPI...
Beluga Captures Rise in 2013
Marine WildlifeFor the past decade and more, a single capture team in the remote east of Russia, on the southern shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, has been removing an average...