Archive: Terrestrial Wildlife
Human Culpability in COVID-19 and Other Zoonotic Diseases
Being responsible and sheltering at home is one way to limit the spread of COVID-19. Changing our relationship with wildlife...
Colorado Bans Wildlife Killing Contests
In a significant victory, Colorado has banned wildlife killing contests. Such contests are cruel events in which participants kill animals...
An Ill Wind Manages to Blow Some Good
Most of the news we receive during the pandemic is extremely dire, and the heartbreak and disruption it has caused...
Every Penguin in the World
In this period of canceled travel plans and rarely venturing past one’s own front porch—if it can be helped—living vicariously...
Rep. Lieu Leads Effort to Get the Lead Out
AWI has been working closely with Representative Ted Lieu’s (D-CA) office on the Lead Endangers Animals Daily (LEAD) Act, which...
NEPA Rollback Endangers Communities and Wildlife
In mid-July, the Trump administration finalized its overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), enacting new regulations that weaken...
USDA Admits Negligence in Cyanide Poisoning
Over three years ago, 14-year-old Canyon Mansfield and his dog, Kasey, stumbled upon an M-44 “cyanide bomb” while playing near...
Tiger King’s Zoo Finally Shut Down
The Netflix series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness brought unprecedented public attention to the activities of roadside zoos such as Greater...
Scientists Suggest Concrete Target to Curb Extinction
It has been estimated that the current global species extinction rate is 100 extinctions per million species per year—1,000 times...
Preserve the Wild, Prevent Pandemics
The value of human lives lost to the current COVID-19 pandemic is incalculable; meanwhile, the purely economic losses we can...
Latest AWI Quarterly Articles on Terrestrial Wildlife
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IUCN Reaffirms Long-Tailed Macaques’ Endangered Status Despite Industry Pressure
In Program: Terrestrial WildlifeThe International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today released an update to its Red List of Threatened Species. The update revealed that the long-tailed...
AWI Funds Research to Alleviate Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Animal Suffering
In Program: Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the eight recipients of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing humane solutions to human-wildlife conflicts and...
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act Reintroduced to Protect Wildlife and Pets on Public Lands
In Program: Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, reintroduced today in the US House of Representatives by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)....
Colorado Now Leads Country in Comprehensive Approach to Fighting Wildlife Trafficking
In Program: Terrestrial WildlifeToday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed S.B. 25-168 into law to combat wildlife trafficking. The bipartisan legislation, which is unique among states for the number...