Archive: Government/Legal

Latest Mystic Aquarium Beluga Death Merits Further Investigation

Three of five beluga whales imported to Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium from Canada in 2021 have now died. In mid-September of...

IWC69: International Whaling Commission Sails Past Stormy Waters and Solidifies Future

The AWI team prepared for September’s 69th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC69) in Lima, Peru, with a sense of...

Facing the Facts on Mexico’s Vaquita Protection Failures

In September, AWI—on behalf of a coalition that includes the Center for Biological Diversity, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Environmental...

US Egg Producers to Curb Chick Culling

For the first time, several major US egg producers have committed to using a new technology called “in-ovo sexing” that...

Octopus Farming’s Odious Outlook

The unsustainability and cruelty involved in octopus farming prompted Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to introduce the...

Legislators Quell Cell-Cultivated Competition to Livestock

In May, Florida became the first US state to ban the sale and manufacture for sale of “cell-cultivated” meat (aka...

FDA Foregoes Animal Welfare in Gene-Altering Guidance

AWI recently submitted comments urging greater consideration of animal welfare in guidance documents issued by the Food and Drug Administration to developers...

Buyer Beware: USDA’s New Meat Label Guidelines Are a Raw Deal

In a much-anticipated move, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released its updated Guideline on Substantiating...

HHC Members Ascend Capitol Hill to Advance Equine Welfare

In September, more than 100 representatives of equine rescue, sanctuary, and advocacy organizations from across the country met in Washington,...

Monkey Business on Hold—for Now

As reported this spring in the AWI Quarterly, a company called Safer Human Medicine (SHM) is seeking to build a massive facility...