Cruel Trapping
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Fur Import Ban
U.S. Evades Fur Import Ban, Leghold Trap ProponentsCheer Humane Intent of European Law Does aDisappearing Act The advertisement on the facing page ran in the EuropeanVoice just before the final vote on implementation of theEuropean Union import ban on fur. AWI and the 16 major... more...
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True Trapping Reform Won't Come from Vague,Weak Agreements
The trapping compromise reached in 1997 – after two yearsof haggling between the European Commission and negotiators fromthe Russian Federation and Canada – was a bitter disappointmentto humanitarians. (see Fall 1998 AWI Quarterly ) The EuropeanCouncil's acceptance of the deal showed,... more...
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Trapping on Wildlife Refuges
The National Wildlife Refuge System ~ Origins & Mission
President Theodore Roosevelt established the first National Wildlife Refuge on Pelican Island, Florida, in 1903 to protect imperiled bird species from the commercial feather trade. Since then, 550 refuges totaling more... more...
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Stop Killing Wolves with Wire Snares
Alaskan animal protection advocates are leading a ballot initiativein Alaska that would prohibit the killing of wolves with wiresnares. Wolf snares are wire loops designedto catch a wolf around the neck. One end of the wire loop is anchoredto a tree or bush and there is a loop at the... more...
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CALIFORNIA BANS CRUEL TRAPS
1998 BALLOT INITIATIVES: MANY VOTERS SAY "YES" TO ANIMALS CALIFORNIA BANS CRUEL TRAPS, TWO STATES OUTLAW COCKFIGHTING by Wayne Pacelle The worldwide movement against the dreaded steel-jaw legholdtrap received a major boost when California voters overwhelminglyapproved a statewide ballot... more...
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Time to end war of wits
Editor, the News:
Re: A war of wits (News, Nov. 26).
I am writing on behalf of the Animal Welfare Institute in response to Phil Melnychuk's Nov. 26 article, "A War of Wits."
In the article, interview subject Maurice Jenkins provides some inaccurate information about the trapping of... more...
