Spring 2008
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Cruelty Behind Closed Doors On the heals of the latest exposé of slaughterhouse cruelty, followed by the largest meat recall in history, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has... more...
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Birds - Briefly Avian Flu Not Spread By Wild Birds Dr. Scott Newman, international wildlife coordinator for avian influenza within the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United... more...
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Bison Slaughter Continues at Yellowstone Due to an unjustified fear... more...
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Wolves Under the Gun On Friday, March 28, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) removed federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for gray wolves living in the Greater Yellowstone... more...
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The Evolution of a Biology Teacher Transforming the meaning of animals in the high school classroom by TRACY BASILE, adjunct professor at Pace University Bonnie Berenger (shown above with daughters Eden Brook and... more...
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Judge Rules Lynx Must Be Protected Trapping regulations in Minnesota must change to better protect the Canada Lynx, a threatened species. www.FurBearerDefenders.com In a precedent-setting decision, the U.S. District Court for Minnesota found the state to be in... more...
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Porcine Pals Animal Technician Jacqueline Schwartz of Halifax, Nova Scotia's Dalhousie University works with pigs in the research laboratory Anyone who has had the pleasure of working closely with pigs knows that they have many positive attributes. Pigs are intelligent... more...
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Heroes' Hayden Panettiere Cheers for Whales in Washington Addressing a crowd at Washington D.C.'s Dupont Circle, Hayden Panettiere speaks about her passion to save the whales and other marine animals. As regular AWI Quarterly readers... more...
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Hope for a Better Tomorrow: the dogs of post-war Bosnia need our help by Susan R. Johnson (Johnson is a career foreign service officer who loves animals and has been rescuing dogs and cats in many countries since the age of 12.) The Bosnian capital city of Sarajevo and a special unit of... more...
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An Elephant Heaven on Earth Photos, from top: Tracy Silverman offers corn to an elephant during feeding time. The herd roams freely on the grounds of the Elephant Nature Park. Elephants congregate at the viewing platform before feeding time.... more...
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Beijing's Green Olympics? photos www.iStockphoto.com In just a few months, Beijing, China will host the 2008 Olympic Games. Spectators will see thrilling victories and agonizing defeats, as well as plenty of hype about the "green" Olympics. While images of... more...
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AWI's Updated Educational Brochures Available free of cost for educational purposes, new pamphlets from the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) detail some of our most important programs. Our farm animal brochure describes the inhumane treatment experienced by animals confined in industrial facilities, from hens who are... more...
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Illegal Killing of Gray Whale Must be Punished Jeff Pantukoff/Whaleman Foundation Three of the five members of the Washington State Makah Tribe who killed a gray whale in September 2007 have accepted a deal offered by the federal government to plead guilty to... more...
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Animals in the Oceans Sea Turtle Goes The Distance A leatherback sea turtle tracked by satellite tagging was reported to have traveled from Jamursba-Medi, Indonesia to the coast of Oregon-a total of 12,774 miles-over the course of 647 days.... more...
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Government and Legal Affairs Brothers Danny and Johnny Schachtele began dealing in dogs and cats in 1987. Later, Johnny left the business and was replaced by Danny's wife, Mildred. Twenty years later, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) caught up with the... more...
