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…as New Iberia Chimpanzees Set Sail for Sanctuary
Animals in LaboratoriesIn September, the NIH announced its plan to move 110 chimpanzees from the New Iberia Research Center—10 to Chimp Haven, a lush 200-acre sanctuary, and 100 to Texas Biomedical Research...
USFWS Makes Move to Stem Rhino Poaching
Terrestrial WildlifeOn September 10, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it proposes to list the southern white rhinoceros as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Listing this subspecies will...
Right to Celebrate: Uruguay Declares Whale Sanctuary
Marine WildlifeUruguay’s national legislature has voted to establish a protected sanctuary for migrating right whales and other cetaceans. The final approval of the bill came via a unanimous (62–0) vote in...
AWI Releases Report on Indiana Penning Investigation
Terrestrial WildlifeA new report by AWI, Project Coyote, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) entitled Indiana Coyote “Penning”: An Inside Look at Animal Abuse and Cruelty details the results of an investigation...
Bees as Bellwether: a Silent Spring Sequel?
Terrestrial WildlifeOn the first day of summer 2013, agriculture officials confirmed that 50,000 bees—likely representing more than 300 colonies—discovered dead in a shopping mall parking lot in Wilsonville, Oregon, were done...
Dallas Aquarium Attempts Fast Grab of Endangered Sloths
Terrestrial WildlifeOn September 9, 2013, Dallas World Aquarium (DWA) representatives traveled to Panama to collect several pygmy three-toed sloths—the world’s smallest sloth—to bring back to Texas. The sloths are highly endangered;...
USDA Wildlife Services’ Misleading PR
Terrestrial WildlifeIn July, a scathing New York Times editorial entitled “Agriculture’s Misnamed Agency” highlighted the myriad problems plaguing USDA’s rogue Wildlife Services program, including its outdated and nonselective killing practices, lack of transparency...
Animal Sellers No Longer Out of (Over)sight on the Web
Companion AnimalsWith the advent of the Internet and the online sale of all measure of goods, it was inevitable that animals also would be sold over the web. Those who breed...
Anniversaries that Are Cause for Consternation
Animals in LaboratoriesHumanitarians have been waiting for more than a year for action on two egregious situations—both reported previously in the Winter 2013 AWI Quarterly—pending before the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant...
California Legislature Approves Lead Ammunition Ban
Terrestrial WildlifeA new law in California will phase out the use of lead ammunition for hunting throughout the state. The law, introduced as Assembly Bill 711 in March 2013 by Assembly...