AWI Quarterly » 2011 Fall

Fall 2011 Volume 60 Number 4

2011 Fall

President Obama Challenges Iceland Over Whaling

In July, the Secretary of Commerce certified to President Obama that Iceland was undermining the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and its treaty because of its rogue whaling (AWI Quarterly, Spring 2011).

2011 Fall

Why Were All of the Eggs Put in One Basket?

The United Egg Producers (UEP) and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) announced in July that they had reached an agreement to phase in modifications to conventional battery cages over the next 15 to 18 years.

2011 Fall

Downer Case Headed to the Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought by the meat industry challenging California’s downed animal law (California Penal Code § 599f).

2011 Fall

Roommates Wanted: USDA Tells Labs to Take Primates Out of Solitary

The national meeting of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) in San Diego featured a description of the many ways to modify existing caging and employ social introduction methods for nonhuman primates.

2011 Fall

Using Chicken Eggs to Unyoke Rabbits in Research

In a presentation at the AALAS meeting, J. Hau from the University of Copenhagen described an interesting work in progress, the replacement of the rabbit with a free-range, free-will chicken as the traditional polyclonal antibody animal model.

2011 Fall

Farm Animal Regulations Established in Ohio

Ohio's new farm animal care regulations went into effect in September. Ohio follows New Jersey as only the second state to establish legal standards for the treatment of animals on the farm.

2011 Fall

USDA Closes Loophole in Horse Transport Rules

The USDA has amended regulations designed to reduce the suffering of horses transported for slaughter so as to include horses who are first transported to intermediate collection points.

2011 Fall

NIH "Anticipates" End to Bad Relationship

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) finally took steps to end the use of Class B dealers by its outside researchers, after years of pressure from Congress and animal welfare organizations and faced with the conclusion of a National Academy of Sciences report that "Class B dealers are not necessary as providers of random source animals for NIH-related research."

2011 Fall

Getting Trapped in the System

Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) reintroduced legislation to end the use of brutal traps on furbearing animals within the National Wildlife Refuge System.

2011 Fall

Animal Fighting Spectators Support the Savagery

The federal government, in the last few years, has increased coverage of and penalties for animal fighting activities under the Animal Welfare Act, but it is still lacking in one area: the spectator.

2011 Fall

Equine Equity: Horse Slaughter Prevention Saves Money

While all the talk coming out of Washington is about cutting spending, a few politicians are quietly trying to restore funding for the slaughter of horses for human consumption - which would also necessitate resurrecting an expensive federal inspection program that ended six years ago!

2011 Fall

Bill Would Give Class B Dealers the Boot

The Pet Safety and Protection Act, H.R. 2256 (PSPA), introduced by Reps. Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), prohibits random-source Class B dealers from selling dogs and cats to laboratories for experimentation

2011 Fall

One Step Forward and Two Back for Endangered Species

In a rare victory for endangered species, the House adopted a floor amendment to the FY 2012 Interior appropriations bill offered by Reps. Norm Dicks (D-WA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI) that strips the bill of language that would have eviscerated a core function of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).

2011 Fall

AWI Staff Member Gets PAWs on the Ground in Dominican Republic

AWI staff members are dedicated to helping animals on the job and off, and many of us engage in various activities for animals after we leave the office.

2011 Fall

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