Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Appropriations: Good News
Endangered Species, Terrestrial WildlifeAs far as animals are concerned, the catch-all bill that Congress passed at December’s end to fund government operations through the rest of FY 2012 is as important for what...
Bill Takes Aim at Circus Animal Abuse
Terrestrial WildlifeLions and tigers and bears...do not belong on the road! It is impossible for circuses and other traveling exhibitors to meet the very complex needs of wild and exotic animals....
Record Fine Assessed Against Ringling Bros.
Terrestrial WildlifeRingling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey—the “Greatest Show on Earth” according to its slogan—has a new distinction that probably won’t appear in its promotional materials: The circus company has been...
Court Halts N.C. Spotlighting of Coyotes After 4th Endangered Red Wolf Shot
Press ReleaseNovember 26, 2012Terrestrial WildlifeA North Carolina court halted a temporary state rule that allowed spotlight hunting of coyotes at night in the five-county area of eastern North Carolina inhabited by the world’s only...
Halt of NC Spotlighting of Coyotes Sought After Endangered Red Wolf Killed
Press ReleaseOctober 23, 2012Terrestrial WildlifeConcerned groups asked a state court to stop spotlight hunting of coyotes at night in North Carolina—including the area inhabited by the world’s only wild population of about 100 red...
California Fish & Game Commission accepts Petition to list the Gray Wolf under the California Endangered Species Act
Press ReleaseOctober 5, 2012Terrestrial WildlifeCalifornia moved one step closer to deciding whether to protect the gray wolf under the California Endangered Species Act, by accepting a petition that had been filed earlier this year....
Congressional Recess Leaves Animal Laws in Limbo
Companion Animals, Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeWhen Congress hustled out of town in September, it left a lot of unfinished business. Both the House Agriculture Committee and the full Senate had approved amendments to their farm...
Lions and Tigers and Backyards, Oh No
Terrestrial WildlifeOn September 26, AWI participated in a Capitol Hill briefing on H.R. 4122, the Big Cat and Public Safety Protection Act, which Reps. Buck McKeon (R-NC) and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)...
More Freedom for Wild Corolla Horses
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeSens. Kay Hagen (D-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) have introduced S. 3448, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act. This bill provides for a new management plan for the free-roaming Corolla...
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson
Terrestrial WildlifeSeptember marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, a revolutionary exposé on the calamitous effect of unleashing DDT and other pesticides indiscriminately on the environment. Many are...