Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Hunting Group Wants Rhinos in Texas… for “Safekeeping”
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Exotic Wildlife Association (EWA) and groupelephant.com have hatched a plan to fly 1,000 of South Africa’s orphaned white rhinos—about 6 percent of that country’s white rhino population—to private ranches...
Obama Administration Announces Pollinator Protection Plan
Terrestrial WildlifeThe White House unveiled a National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators on May 19. The strategy seeks to arrest the catastrophic decline of such pollinators as...
Perilous Times to Be an Amphibian
Terrestrial WildlifeThat amphibians are the most imperiled class of vertebrates in the world is largely beyond debate. Such threats as habitat loss and overexploitation for meat or the pet trade are...
Souvenir Sellers in Hawaii Busted for Wildlife Trafficking
Terrestrial WildlifeA Hawaii souvenir shop’s owner, employees, and business partners were indicted on 21 counts in June for illegally trafficking in whale bone, elephant and walrus ivory, and black corals. Hawaiian...
Using Drones to Survey Raptor Nests
Terrestrial WildlifeSurveying nesting raptors provides important information on population productivity. Since raptors occupy spots near the top of the food web, they are also often good indicators of ecosystem health. But...
Utah Case Casts Cloud over ESA
Terrestrial WildlifeA case currently on appeal in federal courts could have serious implications for the scope of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The case involves the Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens),...
Zimbabwe Sells (Out) Elephant Calves to China
Terrestrial WildlifeThe government of Zimbabwe has sold 24 elephant calves captured late last year in Hwange National Park to China. The young elephants—who were forcibly separated from their families—are headed to...
Illinois Steps Up for Children and Companion Animals, Steps Back on Bobcats
Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeHB 3231, a bill proposed by AWI that provides for additional penalties when animal abuse is committed in front of a minor, passed the Illinois legislature (unanimously, in both chambers!)...
Sen. Booker Introduces Bill to Ban Body-Gripping Traps in National Wildlife Refuges
Terrestrial Wildlife“That’s a wake-up call.” These words were uttered by the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), after hearing about the numerous animals killed...
Saving the Pryor Mountain Mustang
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeSaving the Pryor Mountain Mustang: A Legacy of Local and Federal Cooperation, chronicles the lengthy and evolving struggle of one local community to preserve an isolated wild horse herd on...