Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Wild Horse Annie and the Last of the Mustangs: The Life of Velma Johnston
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeVelma Bronn Johnston’s boss told her at the end of her lengthy secretarial career, “The world is made up of three kinds of people—those who make things happen; those who...
Denver’s Coyotes Learn to Live with Human Neighbors
Terrestrial WildlifeThe urban coyotes of Denver were getting a bad reputation. An increasing number were moving into the city and human-inhabited areas of the surrounding county. Negative interactions between pets and...
Gorillas in Peril
Terrestrial WildlifeAfrica's Congo Basin is home to one of the world’s largest remaining rainforests and a diverse assemblage of wildlife, including gorillas. According to The Last Stand of the Gorilla - Environmental...
Migratory Birds Favor Shade-Grown Coffee
Terrestrial WildlifeSince its (apocryphal) discovery in East Africa by a shepherd who watched his goats joyfully cavort across the pasture shortly after eating the red berries from an unassuming shrub, coffee...
AWI Honors Wildlife Protection Heroes
Terrestrial WildlifeThe presentation of the Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award to eleven deserving recipients who demonstrated exemplary wildlife protection efforts was a highlight of the 15th meeting of CITES. This...
New Mexico Town Opposes Cruel Traps
Terrestrial WildlifeOn February 23, the Silver City, NM town council unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the state to ban steel-jaw leghold traps, strangling snares and other painful body-gripping traps on...
Science Sacrificed at CITES
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAt the outset, the 15th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) stood to be historic and precedent setting. Never before had...
Territory Expands for California Condors
Terrestrial WildlifeNorth America's largest bird has not had an easy go of it, and after a century of absence, a pair of critically endangered birds has made the Pinnacles National Monument...
The Cruel Practice of Coyote and Fox “Penning”
Terrestrial WildlifeFew people have heard of “penning.” This cruel practice involves the live trapping of coyotes and foxes (generally with leghold traps or snares) who are then often shipped and traded...
Wildlife Crossings
Terrestrial WildlifeWith the Insurance institute for highway safety reporting a record 1.5 million vehicle strikes against wildlife annually, animals are forced to circumnavigate a daily procession of cars, trucks, SUV’s and...