Winter 2007
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Biologist Robert Schmidt Joins AWI Scientific Committee The Animal Welfare Institute is proud to announce that Dr. Robert Schmidt, a faculty member in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Utah State University, has accepted a position on our Scientific Committee. Dr. Schmidt is also an adjunct faculty member in the Departments of Forest... more...
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China's Baiji Dolphins Declared Extinct A 2006 expedition has deemed the freshwater baiji dolphin species, last sighted in 2004, "functionally extinct."¯ The ancient species—originating over 20 million years ago—was until recently found throughout China's Yangtze River and its surrounding lakes and tributaries. Unfortunately, the... more...
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Kilowatt Ours A Trust for the Future project, 58 minutes www.kilowattours.org Do you know where your electricity comes from? Filmmaker Jeff Barrie poses this question in Kilowatt Ours, a quirky new film about energy use. He explains that America generates 50 percent of its electricity from coal,... more...
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Ocean Inhabitants Could Disappear by the Year 2048 Calling for no-fishing zones to be set up urgently, scientists warned in November that the world's fish and other marine animal populations caught for food may collapse within the next half-century. If current habitat destruction and over-fishing trends continue, their 4-year study showed... more...
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The 110th Congress: Good News for Animals House Natural Resource Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D-WV) For the first time in 12 years, the Democratic Party controls a majority in both chambers of Congress. Two legislators notorious for disregarding animal welfare lost their reelection bids, and we anticipate that this change... more...
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The Courage to be Kind A new picture book about the boyhood of Albert Schweitzer teaches children how to be a hero for all living beings. In a beautifully illustrated and inventive book entitled The Boy Who Loved All Living Things: The Imaginary Childhood Journal of Albert Schweitzer, award-winning author and... more...
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Court Sides With Primates If implemented, the USDA Primate Policy will offer hope for improvements in the lives of non-human primates confined alone in barren cages. Over the laboratory animal research industry's great hue and cry, an amendment to the federal Animal Welfare Act was passed to require "a physical... more...
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Celebrating 30 Years of Preserving Breeds The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) has been conserving over 150 breeds of livestock and poultry since its founding in 1977. It conducts a wide variety of programs, including research, education, agriculture policy development, gene banks and rescues. It also provides technical... more...
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EU Bans Import of Wild-Caught Birds; CITES Takes Issue Following the discovery of an avian influenza- infected bird being held at a United Kingdom quarantine facility, the European Union (EU) placed a temporary moratorium on the import of wild-caught birds in the final months of 2005. And on Jan. 11 of this year, it voted unanimously to put a... more...
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Introducing Animal Welfare Approved Food labels are packed with information, but some words can be confusing, if not downright misleading. A dozen eggs in a carton boasting the statement "farm fresh,"¯ for example, have probably not come from anything that looks remotely like a farm. A dairy cow is far from "happy"¯ at an... more...
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AWI Seeks Applicants for the 2007 Christine Stevens Wildlife Award Looking for Humane Solutions In honor of Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) founder and longtime wildlife advocate Mrs. Christine Stevens, a grant program was established in 2006 to support research on innovative techniques and products intended to advance non-lethal wildlife management... more...
