Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Science Says Stop: Fed Plan to Delist Wolves Panned by Expert Panel
Terrestrial WildlifeAn independent scientific peer review panel has unanimously concluded that the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) did not use the best available science to support its proposal to remove...
Virginia Says No Coyote/Fox Pens (Except for All the Ones Already Around)
Terrestrial WildlifeVirginia passed a law in April banning new coyote/fox penning operations in the state. The law makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor (punishable by up to one year in jail...
Wildlife Killing Contests Under Scrutiny in California
Terrestrial WildlifeJust days before an annual killing contest in which some 40 coyotes were gunned down around the town of Adin, the California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to consider...
The Beavers of Popple’s Pond
Terrestrial WildlifeLife seems to fly past, ever more fast-paced and electronic-obsessed, with parents and their kids increasingly sitting indoors communicating via electronic tools. We all but ignore the natural world that...
AWI Curtails Long Island Deer Cull
Terrestrial WildlifeIt may be hard for modern suburbanites to believe, but deer became so scarce in the early 1900s due to intense hunting that the species would have been considered endangered....
Citizens Speak Up for Mute Swans
Terrestrial WildlifeIn December 2013, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) released a Draft Management Plan for Mute Swans that called for complete eradication of all 2,200 birds from the...
Wildlife Groups to Sue over Endangered Jaguar Protections
Press ReleaseApril 7, 2014Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and WildEarth Guardians (Guardians) are suing USDA’s Wildlife Services program due to its lethal wildlife management activities, which violate the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The...
Long Island Deer Win Reprieve as Judge Puts Temporary Hold on Planned Cull
Press ReleaseMarch 10, 2014Terrestrial WildlifeA state court judge in New York issued a temporary injunction on Thursday to prevent new permits from being issued to kill deer as part of the Long Island Deer...
Ivory Trade Ban Essential to Save Elephants
Press ReleaseFebruary 11, 2014Terrestrial WildlifeAs world leaders gather in London on February 13 to attend a summit—hosted by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and attended by Prince Charles and Prince William—to confront the escalating...
AWI Tells USDA that Long Island White-Tailed Deer Cull Violates Federal Law
Press ReleaseJanuary 28, 2014Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) put the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on notice Friday that the organization plans to take legal action regarding serious violations of the National Environmental...