Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
National Park Service Sued to Stop Deer Kill on Fire Island
Press ReleaseFebruary 18, 2019Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Wildlife Preserves, Inc. (WPI) filed for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction Friday against Kelly Fellner, acting superintendent of the Fire Island National Seashore (FINS),...
Garamendi and Young Introduce Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act
Press ReleaseJanuary 30, 2019Terrestrial WildlifeCongressman John Garamendi (D-CA) and Congressman Don Young (R-AK) today introduced the Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019, which would strengthen the enforcement powers of federal agencies tasked with...
2019 Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award Recipients
Terrestrial Wildlife2019 Award Recipients: Vivek Menon, founder, trustee, executive director and CEO of Wildlife Trust of India, for a decades-long career training more than 20,000 wildlife enforcement officers in more than...
Red Wolf Among 10 Species Imperiled by the Trump Administration, According to New Report
Press ReleaseDecember 18, 2018Terrestrial WildlifeAs the Trump administration works to finalize a set of rules to weaken the Endangered Species Act, a new report released today lists 10 animals threatened by the administration’s existing...
Animal Welfare Institute Funds Innovative Research on Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Press ReleaseDecember 12, 2018Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced the seven recipients of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing innovative, less intrusive wildlife study techniques and more humane methods of...
AWI and Book Publisher Enlist Kids to Save Species
Terrestrial WildlifeLast May, AWI was honored to partner with HarperCollins Children’s Books on educational materials coinciding with the launch of a new series aimed at 3rd to 6th graders from Newbery...
AWI Speaks Up For NY Horn and Ivory Restrictions
Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeIn August, AWI filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support of a New York law restricting trade in ivory and rhinoceros horn. The 2014 law prohibits...
Beaver Institute Solves Conflicts to Save Beavers
Terrestrial WildlifeThe North American beaver, an often misunderstood and maligned aquatic rodent, builds dams with mud and sticks, which turns streams into valuable wetland ecosystems. Beaver ponds are necessary throughout most...
China Allows—then Disavows—Medicinal Use of Tiger, Rhino Parts
Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeOn October 29, the State Council of China issued a policy directive indicating that the use of horn and bones from farmed rhinos and tigers for “medical research or in...
Court Castigates USFWS for Rolling Back Red Wolf Protection
Terrestrial WildlifeOn November 5, AWI and co-plaintiffs won a significant victory in our ongoing litigation to protect red wolves, when a federal court agreed that the US Fish and Wildlife Service...