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Terrestrial Wildlife
AWI Accepting Grant Proposals for the 2011 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards
Press ReleaseJanuary 24, 2011Terrestrial WildlifeAWI is now accepting applications for its 2011 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards. This award program, named in honor of the organization’s late founder and president for over 50 years, provides...
Coalition of Wildlife Conservation Organizations Praise Arcadia City Council’s Unanimous Decision to End $30K Annual Contract to Snare & Kill Resident Coyotes
Press ReleaseJanuary 20, 2011Terrestrial WildlifeA coalition of national and local organizations including Project Coyote, the San Gabriel Friends of Wildlife, the Animal Welfare Institute, and the Angeles Chapter of Sierra Club praised the Arcadia...
Battle to Protect Canada Lynx Continues
Terrestrial WildlifeAt least 47 Canada lynx have been illegally trapped in Maine over the past decade and despite a designation as threatened on the federal endangered species list, a court has...
Court Ruling Offers No Relief For Circus Elephants
Terrestrial WildlifeNearly one year after the groundbreaking lawsuit for elephant mistreatment brought against Ringling Bros.’ parent company Feld Entertainment, Inc. (FEI) went to trial, the US District Court for the District of...
Endangered Indiana Bats Get Reprieve
Terrestrial WildlifeIn a precedent setting decision, a federal court judge has issued a comprehensive ruling that an industrial wind energy farm in Greenbrier County, WV would kill and injure endangered Indiana...
Steps Taken To End Snake Trade
Terrestrial WildlifeOn December 11, 2009 the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works approved S. 373, a bill “to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal”...
Bird Strikes on Aircraft: What’s the Risk?
Terrestrial WildlifeIt's hard to imagine what the passengers of US Airways flight 1549 experienced in January 2009. Only minutes after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, an emergency forced Captain Chesley...
Bushmeat Across Borders
Terrestrial WildlifeThe illicit bushmeat trade—the sale of wild animal meat—continues to thrive and even escalate despite efforts by scientists, conservationists and health officials to stemthe tide. In October 2009, a 21-year-old...
Climate Talks Run Cold
Terrestrial WildlifeLast December, Representatives of 193 governments gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark for the 15th United Nations (UN) Climate Change conference in what marked the largest gathering of heads of state and governments...
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Terrestrial WildlifeDestination DohaIn March, representatives from 184 countries, scientists and advocates will gather in Doha, Qatar for the 15th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...