Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Colorado Now Leads Country in Comprehensive Approach to Fighting Wildlife Trafficking
Press ReleaseJune 2, 2025Terrestrial WildlifeToday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed S.B. 25-168 into law to combat wildlife trafficking. The bipartisan legislation, which is unique among states for the number of species covered, establishes criminal...
Captive Primate Safety Act Would End the Cruel and Dangerous Primate Pet Trade
Press ReleaseMay 6, 2025Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds yesterday’s reintroduction of the Captive Primate Safety Act (CPSA), which would end the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in the United States. Nonhuman...
Terrestrial Wildlife
Terrestrial WildlifeWe share our world with an amazing array of animals, including millions of terrestrial species inhabiting the Earth’s forests, grasslands, tundra, and deserts. Each species is a vital strand within...
Trump Administration Seeks to Slash Habitat Protections for Endangered Wildlife
Press ReleaseApril 17, 2025Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeToday the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (the Services) issued a proposed rule that would undermine protections for habitat that threatened and endangered species need to...
Department of Interior Weakens Migratory Bird Protections
Press ReleaseApril 16, 2025Terrestrial WildlifeLate last week, the Department of the Interior reissued a legal opinion that weakens the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) by no longer penalizing individuals and corporations for the incidental...
CEQ Guts NEPA by Rescinding Regulations
Press ReleaseApril 11, 2025Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeToday the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) took the most drastic action since its creation in 1970 by rescinding 50 years’ worth of regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy...
National Endangered Species Coalition Responds to Republican-led Congressional Attacks on ESA and Gray Wolves
Press ReleaseMarch 25, 2025Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeToday, the Republican-led US House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries considered legislation that would dramatically weaken the widely popular Endangered Species Act and strip protections for gray wolves in 48 states....
AWI Priority Bills Reintroduced
Companion Animals, Equines, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeTwo of AWI’s priority equine bills were reintroduced at the end of February in recognition of National Horse Protection Day on March 1. Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Jan Schakowsky...
Day-One Executive Orders Will Decimate Wildlife Habitat
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeOn his first day back in office, President Trump signed multiple executive orders designed to advance policies that are disastrous to wildlife and their habitats. The orders expand oil and...
Fur Farms: Cultivating Cruelty, Courting Disaster
Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThis year, AWI is supporting federal, state, and local efforts to restrict fur farming and end the sale of new fur products. The extreme crowding and confinement on fur farms...