Category: In the news
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Members of Congress express support for the zoos and aquariums in their communities.
Silver Spring, Maryland - With 2021 on the horizon, members of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) are enduring significant economic losses because of pandemic-related closures and reductions in operating capacity. However, they continue to provide veterinary care, housing, and food for the animals in their care. With Congress’s passage of legislation to address the...
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at Thursday, December 24, 2020
Friday, December 18, 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland (December 18, 2020) – Despite dramatic declines, particularly in the western monarch population, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced their long-awaited response to a 2014 petition to list the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Specifically, the Service decided to list the butterfly as “warranted but precluded,” which means that although the monarch is deserving of the benefits that the ESA protection affords,...
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at Friday, December 18, 2020
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
HONG KONG 7 September 2020 - The Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime (EWC) today outlined an innovative “One Health” approach to reforming wildlife trade laws that the group said would help avoid future devastating wildlife-related pandemics.
“No organisation on its own can address the multiple threats that could lead to the emergence of new wildlife-related diseases, or the spread of older diseases, with potential catastrophic consequences for economies, people and...
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at Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Testimony
of
DAN ASHE
PRESIDENT & CEO
ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS
before the
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
U.S. SENATE
on
“Stopping the Spread: Examining the Increased Risk of Zoonotic Disease from Illegal Wildlife Trafficking.”
July 22, 2020
Watch the recorded Committee Hearing here: ...
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at Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
In framing their policy on the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Interior Department has created what debaters and negotiators call a “strawman fallacy.” It made an argument that the MBTA’s strict liability was making criminals of farmers who tear down dilapidated barns, or homeowners who trimmed trees, or automobile drivers who accidentally hit birds. In fact, this argument is hollow. There is no evidence of such enforcement occurring, because it hasn’t.
The history of...
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at Tuesday, July 14, 2020