Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Indiana DNR Gets Cagey on Coyote and Fox Penning
Terrestrial WildlifeIn Indiana, one must have a permit to possess wildlife outside of hunting season. Apparently, though, “possess” is a very flexible word. According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources...
Out On A Limb: Demand for Legs Driving Frogs to Extinction
Terrestrial WildlifeIn this country, a plate of frog legs (or “frogs' legs” as the dish is commonly called outside the US) usually brings to mind France or the French-influenced regions of...
Protections for Tibetan Antelopes
Terrestrial WildlifeFour nature reserves, covering over 200,000 square miles in western China, have joined forces to protect endangered Tibetan antelopes through anti-poaching operations. The initiatives are expected to last three months...
Serengeti Highway Halted…for Now
Terrestrial WildlifeFor the time being, big trucks will not barrel through Serengeti National Park, a World Heritage Site and location of one of the world’s most important animal migration routes. At...
The Yasuni-ITT Initiative
Terrestrial WildlifeYasuni National Park, part of the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, is probably the most biodiverse place on the planet. Home to many unique and endemic species, the national park, almost 1...
Lawsuit Filed over “Penning” Facility in Which Hunting Dogs Are Set Loose on Captive Coyotes, Foxes
Press ReleaseMay 10, 2011Terrestrial WildlifeNational non-profit organizations Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), Project Coyote, and Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) are filing a lawsuit today against the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and its...
Atlanta Piano Dealer Strikes Wrong Note with Illegal Ivory
Terrestrial WildlifeThe owner of an Atlanta piano import/export company was sentenced in March for illegally smuggling internationally protected elephant ivory into the US Pascal Vieillard and his company, A-440 Pianos, were each...
Coyote Kill Quashed in California
Terrestrial WildlifeIn January, the City Council of Arcadia, California voted unanimously to cancel a contract with a private wildlife removal firm to snare and kill coyotes within the city. Public outcry...
Grim Anniversary: Eighty Years of ADC Act
Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Damage Control Act (ADC Act) was signed into law in 1931. The 80th anniversary of its passage this past March was hardly a cause for celebration; rather, it is...
South Atlantic Oil Spill May Doom Endangered Penguins and Other Wildlife
Terrestrial WildlifeA major spill of heavy fuel oil from a wrecked freighter has fouled the waters surrounding one of the world’s most important bird nesting sites on a remote South Atlantic...