Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
State Asked to Halt Coyote Hunting Contest Planned for California’s Modoc County Feb. 8-10
Press ReleaseFebruary 1, 2013Terrestrial WildlifeA coalition of more than 20 wildlife conservation organizations, representing more than a million Californians, are calling on the California Department of Wildlife and California Fish and Game Commission to...
USFWS Reports High Death Rate for Endangered Red Wolves Since Beginning of Coyote Night Hunt
Press ReleaseJanuary 22, 2013Terrestrial WildlifeIn November 2012, the Animal Welfare Institute and several other organizations sued and obtained a preliminary injunction against spotlight hunting of coyotes at night in the five-county area of eastern...
2013 Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award Recipients
Terrestrial Wildlife2013 Award Recipients: Marco Fiori, Superintendent, CITES Investigations Team, Corpo Forestale dello Stato, ItalyMarco Fiori is the Chief Operational Officer at the National CITES Investigation Unit of the State Forestry...
Court Awards Default Ruling in Indiana Penning Case
Press ReleaseDecember 19, 2012Terrestrial WildlifeEarlier this month, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), and Project Coyote obtained a default ruling in our lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Natural Resources...
California City Pursues Good Neighbor Policy with Local Coyotes
Terrestrial WildlifeThe City of Calabasas, in the Santa Monica Mountains northwest of Los Angeles, has decided it will no longer use city funds to finance the killing of coyotes. This past...
Caught in the Crosshairs: Effective Immunocontraception Faces Political Fire
Terrestrial WildlifeIn this two-part series on wildlife immunocontraception, AWI discusses the practicalities and politics behind this emerging humane technology. In the first article (AWI Quarterly, Fall 2011), AWI provided background information...
Demand for Horns Herding Rhinos to Extinction
Terrestrial Wildlife2011 was a grim year for rhinos. In November, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared Africa’s western black rhino officially extinct, and indicated that the northern white rhino...
Foreign Corporations Keep Up Assault on Papua New Guinea Forests
Terrestrial WildlifeJust under twelve years ago, AWI reported on the efforts by the Guiye Waiye Environment and Conservation Group (GWECG) to counter extensive destruction of wildlife habitat in Papua New Guinea...
Growing Deception: Farms Mask Illicit Traffic in Wild Pythons
Terrestrial WildlifeAccording to a new study published in the journal Biological Conservation, breeding farms in Indonesia are being used to launder thousands of illegally caught snakes each year. Authors Jessica Lyons...
Aerial Assault on Animals Flies Under the Radar
Terrestrial WildlifeIn mid-December, the advocacy group, WildEarth Guardians, settled a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought in federal court against the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to obtain reports related to...