Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
USFWS Moving Slow on Sloth Protection
Terrestrial WildlifeIn December, AWI officially notified the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) of its intent to sue the agency for failing to decide in a timely fashion on whether to...
Tyke Elephant Outlaw
Terrestrial WildlifeThis riveting documentary tells the tragic story of Tyke, a wild elephant forced to live within the confines of circus life and perform tricks. In 1973, a very young Tyke...
US House of Representatives Passes Controversial Bill Aimed at Gutting Wildlife Protections
Press ReleaseFebruary 29, 2016Terrestrial WildlifeOn Friday, the US House of Representatives passed the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act of 2015 (H.R. 2406)—a sweeping pro-trophy hunting and trapping bill—by a largely partisan vote...
North Carolina Landowners Express Support for Recovery of Endangered Red Wolves
Press ReleaseJanuary 26, 2016Terrestrial WildlifePrivate landowners in the five counties of North Carolina where red wolves roam signed a petition, sent today to US Fish and Wildlife Service director Dan Ashe, expressing their support...
2016 Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award Recipients
Terrestrial Wildlife2016 Award Recipients: Chief Inspector Martin Sims, Head of the National Wildlife Crime Unit, United KingdomChief Inspector Martin Sims, with 30 years of experience as a police officer, leads the 12-member...
New Jersey Threatens to Bring Back Leghold Traps
Terrestrial WildlifeNew Jersey has been free of steel-jaw leghold traps since 1985—one year after the state legislature banned the possession, use, manufacture, sale, importation, or transport of all leghold traps. AWI...
Noninvasive Method for Locating Wolverine Denning Sites at a Landscape Scale
Terrestrial WildlifeViable wolverine populations require the survival of reproductive females. Managing potentially disruptive human activity where breeding females live is of paramount importance for successful reproduction and ultimately viable populations. Historically,...
Predator-Killing Derbies Go On in Idaho, Banned in California
Terrestrial WildlifeA wolf- and coyote-killing contest took place during the first week of January in Idaho. The second annual “Predator Hunting Contest and Fur Rendezvous” was sponsored by a group named...
Recipients of 2014 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI would like to congratulate the 2014 Christine Stevens Wildlife Award recipients: Dr. Rob Williams of Oceans Initiative—Compassionate conservation: assessing sustainability and welfare aspects of marine mammal deaths in British...
AWI Sues California County over Wildlife Services Contract
Terrestrial WildlifeIn November, AWI and allies filed a lawsuit against Mendocino County, California, alleging that the county failed to conduct the legally-required environmental review of its contract with the USDA’s Wildlife...