Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Last Chain on Billie
Terrestrial WildlifeThe long history of brutal treatment of elephants in circuses is laid out in heart-wrenching detail in Last Chain on Billie: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top. It is...
Protecting the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIn early December, AWI’s executive director, Susan Millward, attended meetings of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (the “Cartagena Convention”)....
Monkeys Don’t Wear Diapers: Heartwarming and Heartbreaking Stories from a Monkey Sanctuary
Terrestrial WildlifeThe legal and illegal trade in monkeys is staggering. An Internet search using the phrase, “baby monkey for sale,” reveals thousands of ads for virtually every known primate species. For...
NC Encourages Coyote Imports Even as It Frets over Current Population
Terrestrial WildlifeCoyotes are amazing opportunists. After humans nearly wiped out one of their only predators (wolves), coyotes spread into previously unoccupied areas of the country, like the Southeast. Many states are...
USFWS Warned of Lawsuit for Failing to Protect World’s Smallest Sloth
Press ReleaseDecember 10, 2015Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) notified the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) today of its intent to sue the agency for failing to make a timely 12-month finding, as required by...
Conservation Groups Launch Campaign to Save World’s Only Red Wolves
Press ReleaseNovember 19, 2015Terrestrial WildlifeConservation organizations launched an online campaign this week entitled “The Truth about Red Wolves,” aimed at building support for the dwindling population of the world’s only wild red wolves in...
Conservation Groups Call for Veto of Extinction Riders
Press ReleaseNovember 17, 2015Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeMore than 150 conservation groups have signed a letter to President Obama asking him to oppose all policy “riders” that would undermine the Endangered Species Act during negotiations on final...
Conservation Groups Take US Fish & Wildlife Service to Court for Failures to Protect the World’s Only Wild Red Wolves
Press ReleaseNovember 13, 2015Terrestrial WildlifeConservation groups filed a complaint late yesterday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for its failure...
Twenty-Five Senators Sign Letter Urging President Obama to Protect Endangered Species
Press ReleaseNovember 5, 2015Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeA quarter of the US Senate signed a letter to President Obama urging him to veto any spending bills that include politically motivated riders targeting endangered and threatened species. As...
Inspector General Gives Free Pass to USDA’s “Killing Program”
Press ReleaseOctober 15, 2015Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe US Department of Agriculture (USDA) program charged with resolving wildlife conflicts—but that perversely is responsible for killing millions of animals each year in the United States—received carte blanche from...