AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Feature Article
Robert Schuyler Anderson
Terrestrial Wildlife1954–2016 It came as a terrible shock. A tremor ran through me and my insides felt empty and sad when I was told that Bob Anderson had died. Wildlife has...
“Mythical” Species Returns to the Desert
Terrestrial WildlifeIt all happened so suddenly. I had just opened a fresh bale of alfalfa hay and was inspecting it carefully before putting it out for the unicorns. Alfalfa hay has...
Bobcat Hunting Nixed in New Hampshire
Terrestrial WildlifeWhen the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (NHFGD) proposed a bobcat hunting and trapping season to open in the spring, AWI and allies analyzed the proposal and pointed out...
Flying Free Once More: Nest Guarding in the Reintroduced California Condor
Terrestrial WildlifeThe critically endangered California condor remains a highly publicized symbol of wildlife conservation. From a global population of just 27 captive adults in 1987, ex situ breeding produced a sufficient number of...
Kenya Burns Ivory to Quench Poaching
Terrestrial WildlifeRangers reported that a pride of lions came prowling after nightfall, stalking among the brightly burning pyres at the ivory incineration site. Very unusual. Lions normally avoid fire—and this was...
US Government Sanctions Lifetime in Captivity for Wild Swaziland Elephants
Terrestrial WildlifeOn March 11, 2016, just after midnight, a National Airlines 747 landed at Fort Worth’s Alliance Airport with 17 African elephants from Swaziland. These elephants are victims of a controversial...
Santa Cruz Biotech Stalls as Reputation Falls
Animals in LaboratoriesThe US Department of Agriculture hearing against Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. (SCBT), scheduled for early April, has been pushed back to August 15—the fourth time over the past two years...
A Brighter Future for Egg-Laying Hens
Farmed AnimalsLaying hens belong on pasture where they can spend their day exploring and scratching in the grasses for insects, dust-bathing in the earth, stretching their wings, socializing with other hens,...
Olive Garden Urged to Step to the Plate for People, Animals, and the Planet
Farmed AnimalsThe food industry impacts almost every sector of society. When food is produced irresponsibly, it can negatively impact workers, animals, and the environment. Animals are intensively confined by the billions,...
AWI Responds to Norway’s Whaling Defiance
Marine WildlifeNorway has seen a continuous drop in demand for whale meat for several years, yet it continues to set quotas and kill whales in defiance of the commercial whaling moratorium...