AWI Quarterly » 2010 Winter

Appropriations Process

Responding to the National Academy of Sciences report on Class B dealers (see AWI Quarterly Summer 2009), both the House and Senate reports accompanying the bills funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for fiscal year 2010 express a desire to end the use of Class B dealers as a source of animals for research funded by the NIH.

2010 Winter

Battle to Protect Canada Lynx Continues

At least 47 Canada lynx have been illegally trapped in Maine over the past decade and despite a designation as threatened on the federal endangered species list, a court has declined to accord lynx adequate protection from illegal trapping under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

2010 Winter

Court Ruling Offers No Relief For Circus Elephants

Nearly one year after the groundbreaking lawsuit for elephant mistreatment brought against Ringling Bros.' parent company Feld Entertainment, Inc. (FEI) went to trial, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled that it lacks jurisdiction to address the claims of mistreatment brought by AWI and its co-plaintiffs due to a lack of sufficient standing.

2010 Winter

Solomon Islands Trades Dolphins to Malaysia

International trade in wild-caught Solomon Islands Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins continues with little sign of ending so long as the demand for dolphinaria persists.

2010 Winter

Status is Not Enough

Infamous for her "take no prisoners" stance on wildlife from wolves to polar bears, whales and more, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin objected in 2008 when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Fisheries Service finally gave the Cook Inlet beluga whale - which numbered around 375, down from 1,300 in the early '90s - endangered status under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

2010 Winter

Informed Advocacy: Food for Thought and Sustainability

Early last May in the heart of coastal British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest, an area that safeguards one of the planet’s last grizzly bear-salmon strongholds, my team from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation set out to tackle a pivotal conservation problem with applied science, ethics and something we call "informed advocacy."

2010 Winter

Climate Talks Run Cold

Last December, Representatives of 193 governments gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark for the 15th United Nations (UN) Climate Change conference in what marked the largest gathering of heads of state and governments in UN history.

2010 Winter

The Vanishing Saola

Saola is a species of Asian wild cattle discovered in 1992 and considered one of the world's rarest mammals.

2010 Winter

Bushmeat Across Borders

The illicit bushmeat trade - the sale of wild animal meat - continues to thrive and even escalate despite efforts by scientists, conservationists and health officials to stem the tide.

2010 Winter

Rampant Poaching May Lead to Expulsion

Zimbabwe faces expulsion from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) unless it quickly gains control of rhino poaching within its borders.

2010 Winter

Sometimes Money Can't Buy Everything

Texas real estate scion and former chairman of Perot Systems, H. Ross Perot Jr. has met his match over a white rhino trophy head in a battle with South African wildlife officials.

2010 Winter

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Endangered Indiana Bats Get Reprieve

In a precedent setting decision, a federal court judge has issued a comprehensive ruling that an industrial wind energy farm in Greenbrier County, WV would kill and injure endangered Indiana bats in violation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

2010 Winter

Steps Taken To End Snake Trade

On December 11, 2009 the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works approved S. 373, a bill "to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal" under the Lacey Act, thus prohibiting them from being imported into the U.S. or shipped in interstate commerce.

2010 Winter

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

In March, representatives from 184 countries, scientists and advocates will gather in Doha, Qatar for the 15th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

2010 Winter

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