Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Marine Life
Marine WildlifeIn January, AWI and 11 other groups filed suit against the US Navy and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) over the Navy’s...
Senate Bill to Protect Whales
Marine WildlifeSenator John Kerry (D-MA), a long-standing champion of whales, introduced legislation in early March “to amend the Whale Conservation and Protection Study Act to promote international whale conservation, protection, and...
Animal Welfare at the Oscars
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeMany animal protection advocates were glued to their televisions this year during the Oscar Awards. Two amazing films exposing animal welfare concerns were nominated for Best Documentary: The Cove and Food Inc. The Cove won...
The Book of Honu: Enjoying and Learning about Hawai’i’s Sea Turtles
Marine WildlifeThe Book of Honu is a wonderful guide for all turtle enthusiasts, especially those interested in seeing Hawaii’s green sea turtle, or honu, in the wild. The authors, Peter Bennet and...
Species and Science Abandoned in Favor of Politics and Palates
Press ReleaseMarch 26, 2010Marine WildlifeAs the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ends, the outcome appears disastrous...
US Navy Sued to Protect Critically Endangered Whales
Press ReleaseJanuary 28, 2010Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), has filed suit against the US Navy over its plans to build a $100 million Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) 50 miles east of the...
Australia Welcomes New Dolphin Species
Marine WildlifeUp until recently, it was thought that only two species of bottlenose dolphins existed—the Indo-Pacific and the common bottlenose. But recent DNA tests performed by researchers at Australia’s Macquarie and...
Compromising the Commercial Whaling Moratorium
Marine WildlifeThe International Whaling Commission (IWC) recently held two meetings of the “Small Working Group on the Future of the IWC,” which was formed at the last annual meeting in Santiago,...
Good and Bad News for Belugas
Marine WildlifeWhile the US took a leap toward beluga conservation in October by adding Cook Inlet belugas to the Endangered Species List, the animals remain grossly overhunted in Greenland. The country’s Environmental...
Manatee Deaths Rise in 2008
Marine WildlifeOut of 337 manatee carcasses recovered in Florida last year, 101 were very young calves, compared to the 59 dead calves found in 2007. Though reasons for this increase are...