AWI Quarterly Term Archive
Feature Article
Into Africa
Terrestrial WildlifeAWI’s Cathy Liss Sees Conservation in Action in Kenya This summer I was fortunate enough to fulfill one of my life’s dreams—a vacation in Africa! My family and I spent...
Lead Poisoning: The Lessons of the Birds of Esperance
Terrestrial WildlifeAt first, it was just an unnatural morning quiet that residents noticed. Then birds were found dead by the hundreds. Some people said they saw them dropping from the sky....
In Attempt to Fowl Up Consumers, Perdue Crows Humanely Raised
Farmed AnimalsEarlier this year, Perdue, the country’s third largest chicken producer, introduced a line of “USDA Process Verified” chicken products bearing the claims “humanely raised” and "raised cage free” on the...
Resumption of Whaling and Fate of Whaling Commission Still Undecided
Marine WildlifeAmid almost unprecedented hype and media attention, the 62nd meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opened in Agadir, Morocco in June, with AWI’s Susan Millward in attendance and D.J. Schubert...
In Remembrance: Dr. F. Barbara Orlans
Animals in LaboratoriesOn June 18, our good friend and colleague, Dr. F. Barbara Orlans, passed away. Barbara was a bright, compassionate woman and a steadfast defender of animals. I first met her...
In Remembrance: Senator Robert C. Byrd
All ProgramsOn June 28, the animal welfare community lost a stalwart friend when Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, America’s longest serving senator, died at the age of 92. Byrd...
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...
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...
The Great Challenge of Conserving the Saola
Terrestrial WildlifeThis summer, I traveled to Vietnam to help facilitate and document a snare removal workshop for rangers from Vietnam’s Forest Protection Department (FPD) as part of the Emerging Wildlife Conservation...
They Are What They Eat: An Investigation of Secondary Poisoning in Birds of Prey
Terrestrial WildlifeAnticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are used to control rodent populations in urban and suburban areas. These toxins kill target species by interfering with an animal’s blood-clotting system, causing the animal to...