AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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FL Fish and Wildlife Sponsors Python Killing Contest
Terrestrial WildlifeFlorida’s Everglades region has a rather big problem: Burmese pythons, one of the world’s largest snakes, are having a devastating effect on the ecosystem. As this non-native species—released into the...
State Department Plans to Combat Wildlife Trafficking
Terrestrial WildlifeAt last November’s Partnership Meeting on Wildlife Trafficking hosted at the US State Department, outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton noted that over the past few years, wildlife trafficking has...
AWI Engages Embassies on Ending Dog and Cat Meat Trade
Companion AnimalsAWI’s Rosalyn Morrison and Chris Heyde met in December with Dave Kush from the office of Rep. Chris Smith (D-NJ) and Ariel Penaranda, Minister for Legislative Affairs and Consul at...
Battlefield Training Torture to End
Equines, Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeIn the Summer 2012 AWI Quarterly, we reported that more than 10,000 animals each year are shot, stabbed, mutilated, and killed in military training exercises, despite the availability of more effective...
Good Call: Senate Sidelines Sportsmen’s Act
Marine WildlifeAn attempt to undermine longstanding wildlife, land conservation, and public health laws was defeated in November, when the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 (S. 3525) was blocked from passage in the...
Houston Pair Charged Under Anti-Crush Video Law
Companion AnimalsIn the first case under the 2010 federal crush video law, passed after the Supreme Court struck down a 1999 law against animal cruelty films for being overbroad, the US Attorney...
Big Biotech Has Big Animal Care Problems: A Multitude of Citations by USDA
Animals in LaboratoriesSanta Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. (SCBT), one of the world’s largest suppliers of antibodies derived from the blood of animals (goats and rabbits), has been cited by USDA veterinary inspectors for...
Military Working Dogs Get Brighter Future
Companion AnimalsOn January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2013 (H.R. 4310), which authorizes the Secretaries of the various military services to transfer back...
Sea Change Afloat for Chimpanzees in Laboratories
Animals in LaboratoriesMost of the 360 National Institutes of Health (NIH)-owned chimpanzees currently in laboratories should be permanently retired from research and moved to sanctuaries—which need to be expanded to accommodate the...
MoMA Cafe Keeps Horse Meat off the Menu
EquinesShortly before the M. Wells Dinette opened at the Museum of Modern Art’s PS1 gallery (MoMA PS1) in Long Island City, New York, in late September, the restaurant’s chefs announced...