Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Conservationists Sue to Stop Wolf and Coyote Killing Contest on Public Lands
Press ReleaseDecember 23, 2013Terrestrial WildlifeToday a coalition of conservation organizations sued the US Forest Service for failure to require permits and environmental impacts analysis for the advertised “Coyote and Wolf Derby” in Salmon, Idaho,...
Groups Seek Injunction to Halt Slaughter of Endangered Red Wolves
Press ReleaseDecember 18, 2013Terrestrial WildlifeA motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the unlawful killing of highly endangered red wolves caused by hunting in the Red Wolf Recovery area in North Carolina was filed...
Petition Seeks to Reform Secretive Federal Agency that Kills Millions of Wild Animals
Press ReleaseDecember 3, 2013Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute, Center for Biological Diversity, and Project Coyote petitioned the Obama administration today to reform the federal wildlife-killing program known as “Wildlife Services,” which kills nearly 1.5...
Conservation and Commerce
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeImportant Decisions on Trade in Endangered Species Await International Community at 16th CITES Conference Three years ago, 839 delegates from 158 countries and 350 observers from non-parties and NGOs gathered in...
AWI Calls on USDA to Investigate Wildlife Services Cruelty
Terrestrial WildlifeReports surfaced in late October that a trapper employed by the USDA ’s Wildlife Services (WS) program in Wyoming had posted graphic images and commentary online indicating he allowed his...
Court Rules Against Indiana Penning Operation
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI, Project Coyote, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund obtained a default ruling in December declaring that the possession of coyotes by WCI Foxhound Training Preserve, a penning facility in...
Coyote Hunt Halted in Red Wolf Territory
Terrestrial WildlifeSince the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) approved a temporary rule in August 2012 to allow night hunting of coyotes in the state, at least nine critically endangered red...
Elephant Ivory Trade in the US
Terrestrial WildlifeIn the article beginning on page 6, we discuss the unrelenting slaughter of African elephants for their ivory. In the United States, import of African elephant ivory has been prohibited—via...
Elephant Slaughter Escalates as Illegal Ivory Market Thrives
Terrestrial WildlifeThe siege is getting worse. African elephants are being killed at a greater rate than at any time since the worldwide ban on the ivory trade was adopted in 1989....
FL Fish and Wildlife Sponsors Python Killing Contest
Terrestrial WildlifeFlorida’s Everglades region has a rather big problem: Burmese pythons, one of the world’s largest snakes, are having a devastating effect on the ecosystem. As this non-native species—released into the...