Summer 2003
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Stealing from the Solomans As anarchy reigns in the South Pacific nation of the Solomon Islands, about 200 dolphins were cruelly captured for export to amusement parks in Mexico and possibly Asia. Despite an international outcry by animal protection and conservation organizations, 28 of the dolphins (13 females... more...
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AWI Farm Animal Brochure Learn About the Dirty Secrets of Animal Factories Thanks to the Edith J. Goode Residuary Trust, AWI's series of educational brochures now includes a farm animal leaflet. Humane family farms are increasingly displaced by corporations that confine animals to factory... more...
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AWI Fights for Primates in the Courts Chico, a 25-year old chimpanzee, spends his days in solitary confinement at a roadside zoo in South Carolina. As a result of his deprivation, he engages in stereotypic rocking, pacing, and head bobbing, indicators that Chico is psychologically ill. Aberrant behaviors such as this would... more...
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Cute, Cuddly, and DEADLY A lone tiger lies behind rusting metal fencing, amidst used tires and broken cinderblocks. This is supposedly an animal "refuge." Shirley Minshew/IFAW The headlines are as frightening as they are surreal: "Pet Tiger Euthanized After Biting Pregnant Woman," "Lion... more...
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Helping Small-Scale North Carolina Farmers Improve Pigs' Lives Cicero Dobson and a few of the new sows he received for the NCATSU program. Marlene Halverson/AWI In Fall of 2000, Professor Chuck Talbott of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State... more...
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The Tide Turns at the IWC The differences of opinion at the annual meetings of the International Whaling Commission are so familiar and fundamental that observers have become accustomed to deadlock. But... more...
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USTR's Pig Politics A USTR factsheet on "U.S. Pork Industry & Trade" cheers America's annual export of over 700 thousand metric tons of pork, valued at more than $1.5 billion. This, claims USTR, generates "wealth and create[s] good paying jobs that contribute significantly to the economic well-being... more...
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News from Capitol Hill AWI Adds Legislative Muscle The Animal Welfare Institute is pleased to announce that it has merged with its companion organization, the Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL), after nearly 50 years of operating side-by-side. Christine Stevens, AWI's late Founder and President,... more...
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Book Reviews EATING APES By Dale Peterson; photographs and Afterward by Karl Ammann; University of California Press Berkeley, California 2003; ISBN: 0-520-23090-6; 333 pages, $24.95 function popUp(URL,NAME)... more...
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Willow Creek Farm Tony Renger practices what he preaches, getting up close and personal with the pigs at Willow Creek Farm. Diane Halverson/AWI Tony and Sue Renger and their three children live in the Baraboo Hills of southwestern... more...
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Congressional Assault on Marine Mammals he U.S. Congress is currently engaged in a two-pronged attack against the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), one of our most important animal protection laws. The House of Representatives' version of a Department of Defense (DOD) authorization bill, currently pending in a conference... more...
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Buckeye Egg Factory Closed Fate of 13 Million Hens Unknown After more than two decades of abysmal cruelty and environmental degradation, the Ohio Department of Agriculture finally ordered the closure of all 90 Buckeye egg factories. Buckeye's demise is due in large part to the persistent efforts of concerned... more...
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The Ins and Outs of the WTO THE INSIDE SCOOP For more than a decade AWI has reported on the draconian trade rules governing global commerce: the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the monolithic World Trade Organization (WTO). Meanwhile, we have... more...
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Playing Russian Roulette With Wildlife Imports
The Winner Gets Monkeypox? Prairie dogs belong on a prairie. It is suspected that captive prairie dogs for sale as pets led to the recent outbreak of monkeypox. USFWS Jeffrey Doth of International Exotic Wildlife in Houston, Texas is in trouble again. In April, Doth shipped approximately 800... more... -
Become A "Free Trade" Expert in Ten Minutes! ust in time for the swirl of activity in Cancun, AWI is pleased to announce a new addition to its colorful and informative brochure series—"Free Trade." The leaflet details examples of the wide-ranging negative impacts of free trade agreements on animal protection and conservation... more...
