Archive: Terrestrial Wildlife
Animal Protection, Conservation Organizations Sue Mendocino County in Response to Wildlife Services Contract Renewal
Animal protection and conservation organizations filed suit today challenging Mendocino County’s contract renewal with Wildlife Services, a notorious federal wildlife-killing...
AWI Commends Introduction of CECIL Animal Trophies Act
In light of the tragic illegal killing of Cecil the lion by an American dentist, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)...
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Canada Lynx from Trapping Deaths, Injuries in Maine
Wildlife conservation and animal welfare organizations filed a lawsuit today against the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for allowing trappers in...
Animal Welfare Institute Announces 2015 Christine Stevens Wildlife Award Winners
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the winners of its annual Christine Stevens Wildlife Award. Established in 2006, the Christine...
Organizations File Motion to Prevent Use of Illegal Leghold Traps in New Jersey
Animal welfare and wildlife organizations filed a motion today with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to stay the...
Organizations Notify USFWS of Intent to Sue Over Killing of Red Wolf Mother
Conservation and animal welfare organizations, including the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Defenders of Wildlife, and the Red Wolf Coalition, as represented by the Southern Environmental...
Organizations Join Fight to Halt Florida’s Black Bear Hunt
Local, state and national animal protection and environmental organizations filed a “friend of the court” brief today in support of a lawsuit...
Inspector General Gives Free Pass to USDA’s “Killing Program”
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) program charged with resolving wildlife conflicts—but that perversely is responsible for killing millions of...
Twenty-Five Senators Sign Letter Urging President Obama to Protect Endangered Species
A quarter of the US Senate signed a letter to President Obama urging him to veto any spending bills that...
Conservation Groups Take US Fish & Wildlife Service to Court for Failures to Protect the World’s Only Wild Red Wolves
Conservation groups filed a complaint late yesterday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against...
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AWI Funds Research to Alleviate Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Animal Suffering
In Program: Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the eight recipients of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing humane solutions to human-wildlife conflicts and...
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act Reintroduced to Protect Wildlife and Pets on Public Lands
In Program: Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, reintroduced today in the US House of Representatives by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)....
Colorado Now Leads Country in Comprehensive Approach to Fighting Wildlife Trafficking
In Program: Terrestrial WildlifeToday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed S.B. 25-168 into law to combat wildlife trafficking. The bipartisan legislation, which is unique among states for the number...
Colorado Now Leads Country in Comprehensive Approach to Fighting Wildlife Trafficking
In Program: Terrestrial WildlifeToday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed S.B. 25-168 into law to combat wildlife trafficking. The bipartisan legislation, which is unique among states for the number of species...