Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Extinction Studies
Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeA recent report published by the National Academy of Sciences warns of impending massive extinctions if corrective response is not initiated very soon–a sober indicator of the pertinence of this...
Killing Games
Terrestrial WildlifeKilling Games: Wildlife in the Crosshairs, a new film produced and distributed by Project Coyote (with some support from AWI), serves as an overview of wildlife killing contests: what they...
AWI Petitions Wildlife Services to End Cyanide Use in Wyoming
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI and a number of conservation and wildlife organizations formally petitioned the USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services program and the Wyoming Department of Agriculture in June for an immediate ban on the...
National Animal Protection Organizations, Celebrities Protest Use of Live Elephant in New Film Production
Press ReleaseSeptember 7, 2017Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) joined the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), Hollywood celebrities, other animal protection organizations, conservationists, and elephant sanctuaries, to issue an open letter this week to FJ Productions....
Court to Monterey County: Animal-Killing Contract with Wildlife Services Violates State Law
Press ReleaseAugust 14, 2017Terrestrial WildlifeThe California Superior Court ruled last week that Monterey County’s renewal of its contract with the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program to kill predators and other native wildlife violated the...
International Wildlife Journal Features Two Articles Authored by AWI Experts
Press ReleaseJuly 12, 2017Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeTwo journal articles authored by experts from the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) were recently featured in the newly released issue of the Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy (Volume 20, Issue 1, 2017)....
Feds to Analyze Wildlife Services’ Impacts on Endangered Ocelots in Arizona, Texas
Press ReleaseJune 26, 2017Terrestrial WildlifeUnder a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Welfare Institute approved today in Tucson federal court, the US Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
Lawsuit Filed Against Federal Wildlife Services in Northern California
Press ReleaseJune 21, 2017Terrestrial WildlifeConservationists sued the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services today over its wildlife-killing program in Northern California. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, seeks updated environmental analysis...
Sustainable Use and “Surplus” Animals: Sabotaging Natural Selection
Terrestrial WildlifeFor many government officials and scientists responsible for the management of the planet’s wildlife species, “sustainable use” is synonymous with “perpetual exploitation.” It is a dogma that insists wildlife cannot...
The Endangered Species Act and Wildlife Under Assault
Endangered Species, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAn influential faction of the 115th Congress is expressing a clear animosity toward animal protection measures. Emboldened, perhaps, by an administration that appears sympathetic to their aims, this faction is waging...