Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
National Academies to Tackle Wolf Taxonomy
Terrestrial WildlifeIn an appropriations bill passed in March, Congress directed the USFWS to obtain an independent assessment on the taxonomic status of the red wolf and the Mexican gray wolf—both of...
Victory! BLM Stands Down on Sterilization Scheme
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeIn the last Quarterly, we discussed the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to conduct mass surgical sterilization experiments on wild horses from the Warm Springs Herd Management Area in Oregon....
New Jersey Poised to Ban Wild Animal Circus Acts
Terrestrial WildlifeThe New Jersey legislature passed Nosey’s Law (S1093) to ban the use of wild and exotic animals for entertainment in traveling animal acts. If, as expected, the bill is signed...
Eager
Terrestrial WildlifeThe past 400 years were not kind to most populations of wildlife in North America. Overexploitation was rampant, forests were razed, prairies were plowed, and rivers were dammed. As concerns...
Rigor Mortis
Terrestrial WildlifeIn Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions, award-winning science journalist Richard Harris takes a harsh look at biomedical research and exposes widespread failures. Harris...
Wildlife Crime
Terrestrial WildlifeWildlife Crime: An Environmental Criminology and Crime Science Perspective is a timely and most welcomed book, but fair warning: It is not light reading! Rather, it is a rigorous university textbook,...
Make a Difference in the Lives of Rescued Monkeys This #GivingTuesday
Press ReleaseNovember 21, 2018Terrestrial WildlifeNovember 27 is Giving Tuesday—a perfect opportunity to pause during the holiday season and contribute to a worthy cause. This year, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is collaborating with OPR...
Court Stops US Fish & Wildlife Service from Jeopardizing Red Wolf Survival
Press ReleaseNovember 5, 2018Terrestrial WildlifeToday, a federal judge issued an order declaring that the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) violated the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act in its rollback of protections...
Analysis: Public Overwhelmingly Opposes Feds’ Plan to Nearly Wipe Out Wild Red Wolves in North Carolina
Press ReleaseNovember 1, 2018Terrestrial WildlifeThe proposal from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to remove protections from the nation’s only wild population of endangered red wolves has been met with near-unanimous opposition from the public. Fully...
NJ Could Become First State to Ban Multiple Exotic Animals in Circus Acts
Press ReleaseOctober 30, 2018Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the New Jersey Assembly Monday for passing Nosey’s Law (S1093), which would ban the use of wild and exotic animals for entertainment in traveling...