Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Red Wolf Revival
Terrestrial WildlifeRed Wolf Revival made its debut in Washington, DC, on February 22 at the Carnegie Institution for Science, followed by a panel of speakers that included filmmaker Roshan Patel and representatives...
Robert Schuyler Anderson
Terrestrial Wildlife1954–2016 It came as a terrible shock. A tremor ran through me and my insides felt empty and sad when I was told that Bob Anderson had died. Wildlife has...
“Mythical” Species Returns to the Desert
Terrestrial WildlifeIt all happened so suddenly. I had just opened a fresh bale of alfalfa hay and was inspecting it carefully before putting it out for the unicorns. Alfalfa hay has...
Bobcat Hunting Nixed in New Hampshire
Terrestrial WildlifeWhen the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (NHFGD) proposed a bobcat hunting and trapping season to open in the spring, AWI and allies analyzed the proposal and pointed out...
Flying Free Once More: Nest Guarding in the Reintroduced California Condor
Terrestrial WildlifeThe critically endangered California condor remains a highly publicized symbol of wildlife conservation. From a global population of just 27 captive adults in 1987, ex situ breeding produced a sufficient number of...
AWI Statement in Response to False Online Petitions
Press StatementJune 8, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeOver the past few months, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has been the target of several online petitions, circulated on Change.org and spread through social media networks, which falsely claim...
Lawsuit Challenges Monterey County’s Contract with Federal Wildlife-Killing Program
Press ReleaseJune 1, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeAnimal protection and conservation organizations filed a lawsuit today challenging Monterey County’s contract renewal with the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services—a notorious federal wildlife-killing program that has killed more than 3,000...
Groups File Notice of Intent to Sue to Protect Ocelots from Controversial Wildlife-Killing Agency
Press ReleaseMay 26, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeThe Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Welfare Institute today filed a notice of intent to sue the US Department of Agriculture to ensure that endangered ocelots aren’t inadvertently killed as...
Emergency Petition Filed to Save Plummeting Red Wolf Population
Press ReleaseMay 24, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeConservation groups submitted an emergency petition today calling on the US Fish and Wildlife Service to take immediate steps to bolster flagging protections for the world’s only wild population of red wolves—which...
AWI Statement on Ringling Bros. Ending Elephant Acts
Press StatementApril 29, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeMay 1 marks the end of elephants being hauled around the country to perform for Ringling Bros. circus. While we celebrate the termination of this cruel and archaic practice, tragically,...