Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Indigenous-Directed Short Film Asks Interior Secretary Haaland to Return Federal Protections to Gray Wolves
Press ReleaseJuly 7, 2021Terrestrial WildlifeBillings, MT—The Global Indigenous Council today released “FAMILY,” a short film highlighting the deep cultural connection Indigenous nations share with wolves and the major threats currently facing imperiled wolves in...
Red Wolves Released into Wild in North Carolina
Terrestrial WildlifeIn late April and early May, four adult captive red wolves were released into the Red Wolf Recovery Area in eastern North Carolina, and four red wolf pups born in...
Traps and Poisons Prohibited on New Mexico Public Lands
Terrestrial WildlifeIn a major victory, New Mexico has enacted the Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety Act—also known as “Roxy’s Law”—which bans the use of traps, snares, and poisons on New Mexico’s...
USFWS Recommends Continued Protections for Grizzly Bears
Terrestrial WildlifeFollowing a recent review of the conservation status of grizzly bears in the continental United States, the US Fish and Wildlife Service recommended in March that the bears continue to...
Wildlife Services Kills Less (but a Lot) in 2020
Terrestrial WildlifeThe US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program trapped, shot, and poisoned more than 430,000 native animals last year, including hundreds of wolves, bears, and mountain lions, thousands of foxes,...
“Dog-Proof” Traps Don’t Shield Animals from Suffering
Terrestrial WildlifeHow far had the raccoon traveled and how much suffering had the animal endured along the way? These questions were posed by those who came to the aid of a...
Prohibiting Primates as Pets
Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe cruel and dangerous trade in primates as pets brings misery to thousands of animals in the United States. To combat this problem, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA),...
A Shape in the Dark
Terrestrial WildlifeFrom Lewis and Clark shooting the first ones they encountered, to sport hunters today killing hundreds in Alaska each year, humans have long persecuted North America’s brown (a.k.a. grizzly) bears....
Saving America’s Amazon
Terrestrial WildlifeAlabama is known for many things, including beautiful Gulf Coast beaches, the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, steel, peanuts, the music of Muscle Shoals, and college football. It...
“Virtual” Standstill at Caribbean Conservation Meeting
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIn March and April, AWI marine animal program director Susan Millward and consultant Courtney Vail participated in the ninth meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee to the United...