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Pair of States Step Up Protection for Companion Animals
Companion Animals“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” must have been the mantra for legislators in two states that recently made gains for animal and human victims of abuse....
Canada also to Ease Plight of Pigs on Factory Farms
Farmed AnimalsThe Canadian National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), a collaboration between the agriculture industry, animal welfare groups, government, and other interested parties, recently released its Code of Practice for the Care...
Industry Takes Tentative Steps to Improve Pig Welfare
Farmed AnimalsTyson and Smithfield announced changes to their respective animal care programs for pigs and the operations they are raised within. Both companies are asking/instructing producers to improve their production practices...
AWI Sponsors Groundbreaking Legislation in California to Protect Orcas
Marine WildlifeCalifornia stands poised to be the first state to end captivity of orcas for entertainment purposes. In early March, AWI’s Dr. Naomi Rose joined Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), Blackfish director Gabriella...
International Court of Justice Declares Japanese Antarctic Whaling Illegal
Marine WildlifeAfter a four-year wait, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its ruling on Australia’s challenge to Japan’s scientific whaling program in the Antarctic (known as JARPA II). The ruling,...
More Whales Strand After Noisy Naval Exercise
Marine WildlifeSadly, there has been another mass stranding of Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) that coincides with naval activities involving sonar blasts. This one occurred over several days in early April...
Parole Possible for Oldest Captive Orca
Marine WildlifeLolita, now almost 50 years old, was a member of the Southern Resident distinct population segment (SR DPS) of orcas when she was captured in 1970 off Whidbey Island, Washington....
Citizens Speak Up for Mute Swans
Terrestrial WildlifeIn December 2013, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) released a Draft Management Plan for Mute Swans that called for complete eradication of all 2,200 birds from the...
Condors Getting the Lead Out?
Terrestrial WildlifeEndangered California condors in Arizona and Utah are showing a substantial decrease in toxic blood-lead levels—possibly the result of a drop in lead-based ammunition by hunters. Biologists with The Peregrine...
Science Says Stop: Fed Plan to Delist Wolves Panned by Expert Panel
Terrestrial WildlifeAn independent scientific peer review panel has unanimously concluded that the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) did not use the best available science to support its proposal to remove...