Program Term Archive
Endangered Species
USFWS Pulls the Plug on Red Wolf Recovery
Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeTwo years ago, red wolves numbered 90–110 in the wild. Victories won by AWI and allies limiting the hunting of coyotes in the wolves’ recovery area in North Carolina were...
Under Pressure, Mexico Pledges New Fishing Restrictions to Help Save Vaquita
Endangered Species, Marine WildlifeOn July 24, Mexico committed to permanently banning all gillnet fishing within the Gulf of Mexico habitat of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Details, including enforcement mechanisms, have yet to...
Groups Call for ESA Listing of Critically Endangered Dolphin
Endangered Species, Marine WildlifeAWI joined forces in April with Wild Earth Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity in filing a petition with the National Marine Fisheries Service to list the Taiwanese humpback...
CITES Standing Committee Meets in Geneva
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe 66th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), held in Geneva, Switzerland, in mid-January, covered a wide...
Saving the Vaquita: Mexico Acts, but Is It Enough?
Endangered Species, Marine WildlifeA tragedy is unfolding in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California. Fatal entanglements in shrimp and fish nets—many of them cast by poachers—are driving the world’s smallest cetacean to extinction. In...
Appropriations: Good News
Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeAs 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...
Obama Administration Restores Scientific Review to ESA
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Obama administration is to be congratulated for its restoration of a key scientific review provision of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). Before President Bush left office, his administration...