Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Chimp Crazy Docuseries Highlights Urgent Need for Federal Ban on Pet Primates
Press ReleaseAugust 9, 2024Terrestrial Wildlife“Chimp Crazy,” the four-part docuseries premiering August 18 on HBO Max, aims to expose the dangerous and cruel trade in primates as pets that has destroyed lives — both human...
Congress Urged Not to Use Taxpayer Money to Prop Up Dangerous Mink Farms
Press ReleaseJuly 25, 2024Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), joined by 46 public health scientists, veterinarians, animal welfare and conservation organizations, and other experts in their respective fields, delivered a letter to leaders of the Agriculture...
House Appropriations Bill Sacrifices Imperiled Species in Favor of Politicking
Press ReleaseJuly 22, 2024Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeThe US House of Representatives is set to vote this week on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 8998), a bill that severely slashes conservation funding for...
AWI Grants Support Humane Strategies to Manage Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Press ReleaseJuly 8, 2024Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the nine recipients of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing humane solutions to human-wildlife conflicts and less intrusive methods to study...
A Luxury We Can’t Afford: Seeking to Extinguish Trade in Exotic Skins
Terrestrial WildlifeIt’s no skin off their backs. That’s why the multibillion-dollar, luxury fashion accessories market continues to peddle shoes, wallets, gloves, purses, and belts made from exotic animal skins to those...
AWI’s Christine Stevens Wildlife Award Recipients for 2024
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Christine Stevens Wildlife Award—named in honor of AWI’s late founder and president for over 50 years—provides grants of up to $15,000 to help fund innovative strategies for humane, nonlethal...
Critical NEPA Regulations Restored
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Biden administration released its final phase II rule updating regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), our country’s basic charter for the protection of the environment. This...
Howl for Justice for Tortured Wyoming Wolf
Terrestrial WildlifeEarlier this year, a horrific scene of torment and death unfolded in Daniel, Wyoming. According to multiple news reports and videos posted online, over the span of hours, a man...
Low-Stress Livestock Handling to Deter Predators
Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeIn the Northern Rocky Mountains, ranchers raising livestock on public lands often advocate the use of lethal control measures to protect their livestock and control large carnivores. While large carnivore...
New ESA Regulations Fall Short
Terrestrial WildlifeThe US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service have released new Endangered Species Act regulations that reinstate some critical protections for imperiled species and their habitats,...