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Forest Elephant Conservation Has High Economic Value
Forest elephant populations throughout Central and West Africa have declined from 700,000 to 100,000 animals over the past several decades,...
Elephants Nearly Eliminated in Ivory Coast
One hundred years ago, Côte d’Ivoire—a nation that takes its name from the once-flourishing ivory trade that ran through its...
California Clamps Down on Rodenticides
In September, California enacted a law placing a moratorium on the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) until new restrictions...
AWI Continues Campaign to Reform Wildlife Services Program
In 2019, Wildlife Services killed 2.2 million animals, including 1.2 million native wildlife species, according to data released in October...
Scientists Warn of Cetacean Extinction
In an unprecedented statement, 361 cetacean scientists, including AWI’s Dr. Naomi Rose, have signed an open letter expressing grave concern...
Protecting Marine Mammals in the Caribbean
AWI participated as an invited expert in the fourth series of meetings of the Caribbean Marine Mammals Preservation Network (CARI’MAM)...
Official Decree Would Make France Dolphinarium-Free
In 2017, France’s minister of ecology issued a decree phasing out the captive display of cetaceans through a breeding and...
Ill-Conceived Columbia River Sea Lion Cull Commences
On August 14, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a permit to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as...
Death at SeaWorld Book Slated for Small Screen Series
Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity, by journalist David Kirby, is a 2012...
Belugas Prosper in Pioneering Cetacean Sanctuary
Little White and Little Grey, two young belugas originally captured from Russia’s Okhotsk Sea and held in a dolphinarium in...
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In Program: Terrestrial WildlifeThe International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today released an update to its Red List of Threatened Species. The update revealed that the long-tailed...
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...