Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
AWI Welcomes Swift Reintroduction of Legislation to Curb Wildlife-Human Disease Transmission
Press ReleaseJanuary 4, 2021Terrestrial WildlifeSunday, on the first day of the 117th Congress, the Preventing Future Pandemics Act was reintroduced in the House of Representatives to address the spillover of emerging infectious diseases from...
Report: Tokay Gecko Among 10 Species Threatened by Wildlife and Plant Trade
Press ReleaseDecember 18, 2020Terrestrial WildlifeWildlife trafficking and the unsustainable wildlife and plant trade is a multibillion-dollar industry and a major threat to species in the United States and worldwide, according to a new report...
In Waning Days, Trump Administration Releases Another Rule Undermining ESA
Press ReleaseDecember 17, 2020Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeOnly two days after finalizing a rule undermining the protection of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has published another final rule further weakening implementation...
Trump Administration Finalizes New Rule that Weakens Endangered Species Act
Press ReleaseDecember 15, 2020Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeTomorrow, the Trump administration is slated to finalize a rule that further erodes the Endangered Species Act (ESA), one of the nation’s most effective and most popular laws. Under the new rule,...
AWI Continues Campaign to Reform Wildlife Services Program
Terrestrial WildlifeIn 2019, Wildlife Services killed 2.2 million animals, including 1.2 million native wildlife species, according to data released in October 2020. AWI is co-leading a coalition of organizations working to...
AWI Returns to Court to Resuscitate Red Wolf Recovery Program
Terrestrial WildlifeIn November, AWI and allies sued the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for violating the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by grossly mismanaging the wild red wolf population in North...
BarkLight Collars on Guard Dogs Could Help Protect Livestock
Terrestrial WildlifeGray wolf expansion into previously occupied habitat is among the most ecologically successful but socially controversial wildlife restoration efforts undertaken in the western United States. Conflicts between wolves and humans...
California Clamps Down on Rodenticides
Terrestrial WildlifeIn September, California enacted a law placing a moratorium on the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) until new restrictions are adopted to better protect wildlife from these highly toxic...
Elephants Nearly Eliminated in Ivory Coast
Terrestrial WildlifeOne hundred years ago, Côte d’Ivoire—a nation that takes its name from the once-flourishing ivory trade that ran through its ports—was home to between 3,000 and 5,000 forest elephants. Today,...
Forest Elephant Conservation Has High Economic Value
Terrestrial WildlifeForest elephant populations throughout Central and West Africa have declined from 700,000 to 100,000 animals over the past several decades, primarily due to poaching and habitat loss. In Central Africa...