Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Terrestrial Wildlife Law and Policy Interns
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) offers internships every fall, spring, and summer to qualified law students who are interested in and have experience with protecting wildlife. Interns assist program staff with...
USDA Wildlife Services
Terrestrial WildlifeA little-known US Department of Agriculture (USDA) program is using brutal methods and taxpayer dollars to indiscriminately kill wildlife across the United States. This program, ironically entitled Wildlife Services (WS),...
State Wildlife Agency Contact Information
Terrestrial WildlifeEach state has a department of fish and wildlife and an associated commission or board that manages wildlife populations through hunting, fishing, habitat protection, and other methods. These departments issue...
Lead Ammunition
Terrestrial WildlifeLead-based hunting ammunition and fishing tackle cause cascading harm to wildlife, humans, and the environment. Each year, millions of animals die of lead poisoning, including threatened and endangered species—unintended victims...
Coexisting with Deer
Terrestrial WildlifeTraditionally ungulates were considered even or odd-toed hoofed animals, however, as genetics demonstrated new relationships between species, the number of animals who qualify as ungulates expanded. Ungulates include (but are...
Coexisting with Birds
Terrestrial WildlifeThe diversity of birds throughout the world is simply astounding. From the tiniest hummingbird to the prehistoric-looking California condor, from seabirds to songbirds and ducks; bird are globally ubiquitous. It...
Support for Federal Funding for Beaver Coexistence
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI is working to develop federal legislation that would establish a national beaver conflict-mitigation grant program to help tribes, states, agencies, local governments, landowners, conservation organizations, and others pay for nonlethal...
Coexisting with Beavers
Terrestrial WildlifeThe American beaver (Castor canadensis) is a keystone species whose ponds and wetlands help replenish groundwater, serve as buffers against wildfires, and provide habitat for a wide variety of wildlife....
Coexisting with Bears
Terrestrial WildlifeHistorically, grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) inhabited most of the western contiguous United States, while black bears (Ursus americanus) were common in forested areas throughout the country. However, the combination...
Companion Animals in Traps
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI opposes the use of steel-jaw traps for wildlife. The indiscriminate use of these traps poses grave danger to companion animals as well, when traps are hidden along wildlife trails...