Fall 2003
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Dolphins Swim Down the Streets of Cancun In a reprise of our launch of hundreds of sea turtle impersonators during the aborted 1999 Seattle meeting of the WTO, AWI created foam dolphin costumes for the recent WTO meeting in Cancun, Mexico. Like the turtles, the dolphins have become a symbol of the sovereign right of... more...
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Improving the Lives of Calves Raised for Veal In one part of the experiment, calves are raised with their mothers on pasture. With over nine million dairy cows in the United... more...
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Proposal for Animal Welfare Enhancement Awards The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) An anonymous... more...
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I'm a Manatee Includes book and CD by John Lithgow, illustrated by Ard Hoyt Simon & Schuster; Books For Young Readers, New York 2003; ISBN: 0-689-85427-7; 32 pages, $17.95 "From time to time I dream that I'm a manatee, undulating underneath the sea." Actor John... more...
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Endangered Species for Sale Your government wants to facilitate trophy hunters importing markhor from Pakistan and wood bison from Canada, leather manufacturers importing crocodiles from Guatemala or Belize, and zoos and circuses importing Asian elephants for display and... more...
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AWI at the WTO For over a decade AWI has watched global free trade agreements wage war on animal protection laws. This September, we took our fight to the front lines and attended the Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade... more...
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AWI Ruffles Feathers to Help Friends The Pekin duck, like all waterfowl, evolved to thrive in an aquatic environment. In factories they only have access to dispensed drinking water.... more...
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AWI Dairy Husbandry Standards AWI dairy husbandry standards require that herds be allowed to graze on healthy, well-maintained pastures in season.... more...
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A Course in Cruelty at Purdue University You can receive college credit for taking a fur trapping course through Purdue University of West Lafayette, Indiana. But before you sign up for the course, you must become a member of the Fur Takers of America (FTA). As part of your... more...
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Duck Hunters Prey on Predators in North Dakota Trapping during the spring leaves young animals to die without their mothers. K.A.R.E. for Wildlife... more...
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The Narwhal - Still Falling Through the Cracks By Sue Fisher Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society The mysterious narwhal is killed for its protruding tusk in a poorly managed, wasteful, and... more...
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When Ethics Fail You, Just Make Threats " ... if the permits are not issued by [the middle of this August], these elephants will be culled. " This ominous statement by Ted Reilly, head of the Swaziland Big Game Parks Department,... more...
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News from Capitol Hill brought to you by the Society for Animal Protective Legislation Time to Crack Down on Animal Fighting In an effort to deter barbaric animal battles such as... more...
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USDA Ignores Ringling Bros.' Elephant Abuse Ringling Bros.' elephants are restrained by short chains attached to one or more of their legs when they are not... more...
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Dog Dealer's Day of Reckoning A beagle suffering from untreated bite wounds at Baird's kennel. Last Chance for Animals Armed with a search warrant, agents from... more...
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United Nations Urged to End Destructive Fishing By Todd Steiner Director, Sea Turtle Restoration Project More than 400 leading scientists and 100 organizations from around the globe, including the Animal Welfare Institute, are calling for a United Nations (U.N.) moratorium on pelagic... more...
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Federal Judge Agrees: LFA May Cause "Irreparable Harm" to Marine Life On August 26, 2003, United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California, Elizabeth D. Laporte, imposed a "tailored" injunction on the Navy, preventing unfettered deployment of its Low Frequency Active sonar (LFA).... more...
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Japan, Norway and Now Iceland - The Whaling Axis of Evil Iceland's cold harpoons will cause whales a slow, suffering death. Photos: Ole Lindquist Despite international condemnation, Iceland has become the latest nation to resume hunting whales. Like Japan, it justifies this indefensible action under the guise of... more...
