AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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Virginia Says No Coyote/Fox Pens (Except for All the Ones Already Around)
Terrestrial WildlifeVirginia passed a law in April banning new coyote/fox penning operations in the state. The law makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor (punishable by up to one year in jail...
Wildlife Killing Contests Under Scrutiny in California
Terrestrial WildlifeJust days before an annual killing contest in which some 40 coyotes were gunned down around the town of Adin, the California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to consider...
Chimpanzees in Research Get Shortchanged on Space
Animals in LaboratoriesOn April 4, 2014, in a Notice of Agency Decision, NIH announced its new requirement regarding the minimum floor space required for each of the remaining chimpanzees in NIH-supported research...
International Farm Animal Welfare Standards: Will ISO Go High or Low?
Farmed AnimalsThe International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has elected to take on the task of establishing an international technical specification for the raising of animals for food. The concept originated with...
Pork: The Other Contaminated White Meat
Farmed AnimalsFor years, American consumers have heard frightening news accounts about the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and other contaminants in factory-farmed poultry products. Now a warning has been issued regarding dangers...
Greenland Plans to Kill Whales Despite Whaling Commission’s Veto
Marine WildlifeAt last June’s 64th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Denmark—on behalf of its territory, Greenland—sought not only to renew, but to increase the existing aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for...
AWI Calls on USDA to Investigate Wildlife Services Cruelty
Terrestrial WildlifeReports surfaced in late October that a trapper employed by the USDA ’s Wildlife Services (WS) program in Wyoming had posted graphic images and commentary online indicating he allowed his...
Court Rules Against Indiana Penning Operation
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI, Project Coyote, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund obtained a default ruling in December declaring that the possession of coyotes by WCI Foxhound Training Preserve, a penning facility in...
Coyote Hunt Halted in Red Wolf Territory
Terrestrial WildlifeSince the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) approved a temporary rule in August 2012 to allow night hunting of coyotes in the state, at least nine critically endangered red...
Elephant Ivory Trade in the US
Terrestrial WildlifeIn the article beginning on page 6, we discuss the unrelenting slaughter of African elephants for their ivory. In the United States, import of African elephant ivory has been prohibited—via...