Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Mendocino County Suspends Contract with Rogue Federal Wildlife-Killing Program
Press ReleaseApril 13, 2015Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeIn response to legal pressure from a coalition of animal protection and conservation groups, Mendocino County officials agreed today to suspend the renewal of the county’s contract with the notorious...
Final Act: Ringling Bros. to Pull Plug on Circus Elephant Shows
Press ReleaseMarch 5, 2015Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes today’s Associated Press (AP) report that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out its elephant acts by 2018. All 43 of Ringling’s captive...
Groups Oppose Resolutions Calling for Termination of Red Wolf Recovery Program in North Carolina
Press ReleaseFebruary 24, 2015Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), in collaboration with Defenders of Wildlife (Defenders), the Red Wolf Coalition (RWC), WildEarth Guardians, Born Free USA, the Endangered Species Coalition, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the National Wolfwatcher Coalition, issued a written appeal to the US...
NCWRC Violates Memorandum of Understanding with USFWS in Effort to Extinguish Last Wild Population of Red Wolves
Press ReleaseJanuary 30, 2015Terrestrial WildlifeOn Thursday, January 29, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) approved two resolutions aimed at abolishing the red wolf recovery program in North Carolina, home to the only wild...
Second Phase of Five-Year “Deer Spay Project” Kicks Off in Fairfax City
Press ReleaseJanuary 26, 2015Terrestrial WildlifeHumane Deer Management, an organization established by Northern Virginia citizens dedicated to non-lethal control of the region’s deer population,launched the second phase of its “Deer Spay Project” today in Fairfax...
Zimbabwe Sells Out Elephants
Press ReleaseJanuary 16, 2015Terrestrial WildlifeZimbabwe is engaged in a heartless heist of baby elephants for sale abroad. Details have been very hard to obtain, and it would seem government officials, aware of the international...
Governor Quinn Vetoes Bill Allowing Open Season on Illinois Bobcats
Press ReleaseJanuary 11, 2015Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends Illinois Governor Pat Quinn for his veto of House Bill 4426 (H.B. 4426), which would have established up to a 107-day open season to...
Congress’s $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill Offers Triumphs, Setbacks for Animal Protection
Press ReleaseDecember 14, 2014Companion Animals, Equines, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeOn Saturday, Congress approved its Fiscal Year 2015 $1.1 trillion spending bill. Within the 1,603-page piece of legislation, which will fund the federal government through September 30, 2015, federal lawmakers...
2013 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Christine Stevens Wildlife Award is a grant program—named in honor of the organization’s late founder and president for over 50 years—created to stimulate and support efforts to devise new,...
America’s Gray Wolves May Lose Federal Protections
Terrestrial WildlifeAs the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decides whether to remove federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for gray wolves across the continental United States, the disturbing fate of...