Spring 2008 Volume 57 Number 2
 

ABOUT THE COVER
Asian elephants such as this 4-week-old calf in India are endangered, with a population of only approximately 30,000 remaining in the wild. Humans exploit the intelligent and gentle animals because they can be trained. In their native South and Southeast Asia, tamed elephants are used by the forestry industry to carry timber, and by the tourist industry to carry people in trekking camps, as well as other unnatural tasks. The inhabitants of Thailand’s Elephant Nature Park spent the majority of their lives being forced to work by humans, but they have fortunately been rescued and relocated to a sanctuary where they can live the rest of their lives in peace. To learn more, please see “An Elephant Heaven on Earth.” photo by Theo Allofs/Minden Pictures. Full Spring 2008 AWI Quarterly as PDF
 
ANIMALS IN LABORATORIES

Animal Dealing: A Family Tradition

Porcine Pals, by Jacqueline Schwartz

New Book Focuses on the Third “R”

ANIMALS IN THE OCEANS

Heroes’ Hayden Panettiere Cheers for Whales in Washington

Climate Change Devastates Seal Pup Population

Sea Turtle Goes the Distance

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: A Deadly Landfill at Sea

Navy’s Defeat is a Win for Whales and Dolphins

Illegal Killing of Gray Whale Must be Punished

ANIMALS IN THE WILD

Wolves Under the Gun

Judge Rules Lynx Must Be Protected

Bison Slaughter Continues at Yellowstone

An Elephant Heaven on Earth, by Tracy Silverman

Avian Flu Not Spread by Wild Birds

Little Penguin, Long Life

ANIMALS ON THE FARM

“Wet” Markets Now Closed in Taiwan

Cruelty Behind Closed Doors

Shame on Ohio State University

BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008

Beijing’s Green Olympics?

Beijing’s Shameful Cat Slaughter

COMPANION ANIMALS

Hope for a Better Tomorrow: The dogs of post-war Bosnia need our help, by Susan R. Johnson

HUMANE EDUCATION

The Evolution of a Biology Teacher: Transforming the meaning of animals in the high school classroom by Tracy Basile

The Digital Frog

INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

AWI’s Updated Educational Brochures

NEWS FROM CAPITOL HILL

Tracking Animal Cruelty

Top: To supply China’s market for bear bile, bears are housed in tiny cages and painfully milked of their bile every day. The substance is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. (photo: World Society for the Protection of Animals)

 

 

 

Middle: The problem of stray dogs has plagued post-war Bosnia, and a shelter in the self-governing Brčko District is serving as a model for other towns to emulate. (photo: Susan R. Johnson)

 

 

 

Bottom: Hayden Panettiere poses in front of “Flo” the whale with AWI’s Susan Millward and The Whaleman Foundation’s Jeff Pantukhoff. (photo: www.hayden-collective.net).