Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
CITES Parties Meet in Sri Lanka to Address Trade in Wildlife
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIn late May, thousands of government delegates, conservationists, scientists, industry lobbyists, and others will gather in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18)...
Forest Service Seeks to Sell Off Wild Horses
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeLast October, the US Forest Service (USFS)—which manages approximately 8,000 wild horses and burros in the United States—made a shocking announcement: The agency would soon begin rounding up and selling...
Taped Turtles Turn Up at Manila Airport
Terrestrial WildlifeOn March 3, customs officials in the Philippines seized 1,529 live turtles that were found wrapped in duct tape and stuffed inside four suitcases in Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport....
Wolves’ ESA Protection in Peril
Terrestrial WildlifeActing interior Secretary David Bernhardt, in a March 6 speech at the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Denver, stated that the US Fish and Wildlife Service plans...
Hawaii Gives Heave Ho to Circus Animal Shows
Terrestrial WildlifeAt the end of 2018, Hawaii became just the second state (after New Jersey) to prohibit the use of exotic animals in traveling shows. On December 21, Governor David Ige...
Intolerable Cruelty
Terrestrial WildlifeOf the various methods of population control inflicted on wildlife by animal damage control agents, wildlife managers, and trappers, strangling neck snares are among the most horrific tools in the...
Poached
Terrestrial WildlifeIn Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking, Rachel Love Nuwer crafts an important update to an old story of wildlife exploitation. The book is written in a flowing journalistic...
AWI Condemns Gray Wolf Delisting
Press ReleaseMarch 6, 2019Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) condemns a proposed rule, announced today by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), to eliminate Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for gray wolves across...
Animal Welfare Advocates Applaud Congressional Action to Restrict Possession of Dangerous Big Cats
Press ReleaseFebruary 26, 2019Terrestrial WildlifeToday, the Animal Welfare Institute, Big Cat Rescue, Born Free USA, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund and Performing...
AWI Statement on Transfer of Dolphins from Dolphinaris Arizona
Press StatementFebruary 20, 2019Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has confirmed from contacts on the ground that the last four remaining bottlenose dolphins at Dolphinaris Arizona were transferred out of the facility late last...