Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Celebrating Birds
Terrestrial WildlifeIf you have been searching for an engaging new hobby to help you recover from the COVID-19 doldrums, Celebrating Birds: An Interactive Field Guide Featuring Art from Wingspan is an ideal entry...
A Call to Phase Out Mink Farms
Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeEver wonder where the fur in that celebrity’s designer parka came from? Chances are, it came from a terrified mink in a tiny cage. About 85 percent of the fur...
Administration Shows Early Enthusiasm for Wildlife Protection
Terrestrial WildlifeThe president and the executive branch hold enormous sway in setting US wildlife policy—from signing (or vetoing) wildlife-related legislation, to issuing orders and regulations that enhance (or remove) protections for...
Court Orders USFWS to Get Red Wolf Recovery Back on Track
Terrestrial WildlifeThe US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled in January that the US Fish and Wildlife Service must quickly draft and execute a plan to resume...
Efforts to Weaken Migratory Bird Protections on Hold
Terrestrial WildlifeIn the former administration’s final days, the US Fish and Wildlife Service published a rule that weakens the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) by no longer penalizing individuals and corporations...
High Hopes Secretary Haaland Will Halt Surgical Sterilization Scheme
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeLast October, the Bureau of Land Management finalized plans to employ an inhumane surgical sterilization procedure—ovariectomy via colpotomy—to control the population of wild horses in Utah’s Confusion Herd Management Area...
Humane Control of Gray Squirrels in the UK
Terrestrial WildlifeIn the United Kingdom, gray squirrels are an exotic species, first introduced in the 1870s. While the gray squirrel population has grown to an estimated 2.7 million, native red squirrels...
Court Rules for Rare Wild Red Wolves against USFWS
Press ReleaseJanuary 25, 2021Terrestrial WildlifeThe US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled on Friday that the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) must develop a plan by March 1 to resume...
AWI Applauds Reintroduction of Big Cat Public Safety Act
Press ReleaseJanuary 11, 2021Terrestrial WildlifeThe Big Cat Public Safety Act, which passed the US House of Representatives by a strong bipartisan majority last month, was reintroduced today by Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)....
Fish and Wildlife Service Weakens Migratory Bird Protections
Press ReleaseJanuary 7, 2021Terrestrial WildlifeUpdate: On Feb. 9, the new leadership of the US Fish and Wildlife Service formally reopened public debate on a Trump-era regulation that weakens the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Comments...