Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Crossings
Terrestrial Wildlife“To us, roads signify connection and escape; to other life-forms, they spell death and division.” Ben Goldfarb’s Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet is an engaging study...
Of Time and Turtles
Terrestrial WildlifeSy Montgomery brings her passion for animals and talent for storytelling to focus on turtles in her 34th book, Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell. Turtles, she...
Wildlife-Killing Cyanide Bombs Banned on Lands Managed by Federal Agency
Press ReleaseNovember 28, 2023Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomed a decision last week by the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to ban wildlife-killing M-44 devices, commonly known as “cyanide bombs,” across 245...
Legal Petition Urges USDA to Adopt Comprehensive Regulatory Framework for Wildlife Services Program
Press ReleaseNovember 21, 2023Terrestrial WildlifeToday, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Project Coyote, the Animal Welfare Institute, and WildEarth Guardians submitted a petition for rulemaking to the US Department of Agriculture’s...
AWI Sues BLM over Wild Horse Management
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI is suing the Bureau of Land Management after the agency finalized a management plan to eliminate millions of acres of federally designated habitat for wild horses in Wyoming. The...
Biodiversity Declines Worse than Previously Thought
Terrestrial WildlifeThe International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is a valuable database containing information on species status, population trends, and threats. While it has its...
Combatting Wildlife Trafficking in Africa
Terrestrial WildlifeEach year, millions of wild animals, including imperiled species, fall victim to an illegal wildlife trade with an annual estimated value between $7 billion and $20 billion. Wildlife trafficking causes...
Evaluating the Suitability of Confiscated and Rehabilitated Eastern Box Turtles for Release back into the Wild
Terrestrial WildlifeThe eastern box turtle is collected in enormous numbers for the illegal wildlife trade. Only a portion of this trade is detected, and when it is, wildlife agencies must decide...
New York to Outlaw Wildlife Killing Contests
Terrestrial WildlifeAfter years of work by a coalition of advocacy groups, including AWI, the New York legislature passed a bill in June to ban wildlife killing contests, with certain exceptions, including...
Improving Animal Welfare Act Enforcement
Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeIn June, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) reintroduced the Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act (AWEIA; HR 3859) in response to the egregious failures by the US Department...