Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Compound 1080 and M-44 Elimination Act
Terrestrial WildlifeRepresentative Peter DeFazio, (D-OR) is expected to introduce the Compound 1080 and M-44 Elimination Act this fall. This bill would ban two deadly poisons—sodium fluoroacetate, commonly known as Compound 1080,...
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act
Terrestrial WildlifeCongresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) has remained steadfast in her determination to end use of inhumane traps in the United States, but has shifted the focus of her legislation to our...
The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals
Terrestrial WildlifeIn the Wizard of Oz there is a scene in which Dorothy is in her house as it swirls in the tornado. She stands before her window and a cast...
Federal Lawsuit Filed over Industrial Wind Project that Jeopardizes Endangered Bats
Press ReleaseJune 11, 2009Terrestrial WildlifeCharging that a massive wind energy project threatens endangered bats, the Animal Welfare Institute, a national animal protection organization, along with the West Virginia-based Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy and...
Non-Invasive Genetic Sampling: A Kinder Approach to Population Estimation
Terrestrial WildlifeAlmost every wildlife biologist has experienced the sinking feeling of finding an injured or dead animal in a live-trap. Live-traps are used to capture animals, so we can monitor the...
Red Knots in a Bind
Terrestrial WildlifeAs horseshoe crab populations dwindle, species up the food chain are feeling the pinch. You may have never thought twice about a horseshoe crab—or even once for that matter—but lately,...
Trapped in Debate
Terrestrial WildlifeGreenwash: The dissemination of misleading information by an organization to conceal its abuse of the environment in order to present a positive public image.1 Replace “The environment” with “wildlife” in...
Turbines Threaten Endangered Bats
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy, and a West Virginia local conservationist filed a complaint against Beech Ridge Energy and its parent company in June, contending...
US Fur Sales Tank Internationally
Terrestrial WildlifeDespite the trapping industry’s sanguine spin, the fur market is bottoming out, presumably due to the global recession. The North American Fur Auctions (NAFA) named raccoon, coyote and beaver as...
Justice for Wild Horses and Burros
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Restore Our American Mustangs (ROAM) Act (H.R. 1018), introduced by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Chairman Raul Grijalva...