AWI Quarterly Term Archive
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NIH to Retire Most of Its Chimpanzees from Research
Animals in LaboratoriesOn June 26, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) embraced nearly all of the recommendations regarding chimpanzees in research contained in the report of the Working Group of the Council...
Seeking Funds to Save Bats
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI joined 44 other organizations on a letter asking Congress to provide $7.5 million in funding to the many agencies responding to white-nose syndrome (WNS), the disease that is decimating...
OIG Report: Skimping on Suspensions for Scofflaw Slaughter Plants
Farmed AnimalsThe USDA Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released an audit of inspection and enforcement activities at pig slaughter plants. The May 2013 audit found that inspectors for the Food...
Shelter Animals Deserve Better
Companion AnimalsRep. Jim Moran (D-VA) has reintroduced his nonbinding resolution, H.Res. 208, expressing opposition to the use of gas chambers to euthanize shelter animals and calling on states to ban the...
School Lunch Suppliers to Get Better Education in Humane Handling
Farmed AnimalsThe Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), a USDA agency, is amending its Animal Handling and Welfare (AHW) requirements for companies that supply meat from cattle, pigs, and sheep to the national...
Smithfield Sale Raises Concerns
Farmed AnimalsShuanghui International, a Chinese meat processing company, has agreed to purchase US-based Smithfield Foods, a development that raises numerous concerns. Sale of the world’s largest pork producer to a company...
AWI Rallies for Whales in Maine
Marine WildlifeAWI was joined by local whale advocates in Portland, Maine, on May 31, 2013, to protest Iceland’s expanding commercial whaling program and plan to resume fi n whaling. The rally...
No Respite for Whales
Marine WildlifeThe International Whaling Commission (IWC) isn’t meeting this year, but the whales themselves are getting no break from whalers. Despite a ban on the international trade in whale meat, Norway...
SeaWorld Fined Again over Trainer Death
Marine WildlifeSeaWorld Orlando has again been fined and labeled a repeat offender by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for continuing to operate a workplace that can “cause death or...
AWI Honors Journalist Tom Knudson with the Schweitzer Medal
Terrestrial WildlifeTom Knudson of the Sacramento Bee received the Schweitzer Medal on June 27 at a private celebration in California. For nearly 60 years, the medal—named in honor of Dr. Albert...