AWI Quarterly » 2012 Winter

Shark Numbers Plummet as Fishing Continues in Senegal

Between 2000 and 2008, an estimated one out of every 100 sharks caught around the globe was killed off the coast of Senegal.

2012 Winter

NMFS Leaves Thorny Skates on Thin Ice

The United States has prohibited the landing and possession of thorny skates in U.S. waters since 2003. Despite this, their numbers have dropped precipitously, to a point alarmingly below the threshold needed to ensure the species’ survival.

2012 Winter

Cook Inlet Belugas Retain ESA Protection

A federal judge in November upheld the listing of Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga whales as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), rejecting a bid by the state of Alaska to overturn it.

2012 Winter

Record Fine Assessed Against Ringling Bros.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey - the “Greatest Show on Earth” according to its slogan - has a new distinction that probably won’t appear in its promotional materials: The circus company has been slapped with the largest fine ever under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) against an exhibitor.

2012 Winter

A Call for Grant Proposals: The Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards

AWI is now accepting applications for its 2012 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards. This award program, named in honor of the organization’s late founder and president, provides grants of up to $10,000 to help spur innovative and creative research on humane, non-lethal tools and techniques for wildlife conflict management and the scientific study of wild species in North America.

2012 Winter

Update

Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Scott Brown (R-MA) have introduced S. 1947, a companion measure to H.R. 2492, the Animal Fighting Spectator Act.

2012 Winter

Good News

As far as animals are concerned, the catch-all bill that Congress passed at December’s end to fund government operations through the rest of FY 2012 is as important for what it doesn’t do as for what it does.

2012 Winter

Caught in the Crosshairs: Effective Immunocontraception Faces Political Fire

In this two-part series on wildlife immunocontraception, AWI discusses the practicalities and politics behind this emerging humane technology.

2012 Winter

NIH Finally Accepts New Care and Use Guide

On December 1 - almost one year from its publication date - the 8th edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals was accepted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

2012 Winter

Foreign Corporations Keep Up Assault on Papua New Guinea Forests

Just under twelve years ago, AWI reported on the efforts by the Guiye Waiye Environment and Conservation Group (GWECG) to counter extensive destruction of wildlife habitat in Papua New Guinea (PNG) (see "Trouble in Paradise," AWI Quarterly, Spring 2000).

2012 Winter

Friend or Food? South Korea's Cruel Dog Meat Trade

The two years I spent teaching English in South Korea proved to be a wonderful and enriching experience. I met many warmhearted and generous people who were only too willing to help a naïve American learn the social conventions - at least enough to get by in such an unfamiliar cultural landscape.

2012 Winter