AWI Quarterly Term Archive

Review

EARTH A New Wild

Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial Wildlife

EARTH A New Wild is an upcoming series that will air on PBS and document a five-year, global journey, capturing encounters between wild animals and the people who live and work among them....

A Hippo Love Story

Terrestrial Wildlife

Karen Paolillo’s new book focuses on the lives of a small group of wild hippos, but she also provides a broader look at the lives of wildlife and people in southeastern...

Animal Madness

Companion Animals

As soon as people find out I’m a veterinarian they start telling me about their companion animals. Mostly, the stories are fun anecdotes about the cute things the dog or...

Citizen Canine

Companion Animals

Given that more than 90 percent of Americans believe that their dog or cat is a family member, is it time for the law to recognize companion animals as people...

The Beavers of Popple’s Pond

Terrestrial Wildlife

Life seems to fly past, ever more fast-paced and electronic-obsessed, with parents and their kids increasingly sitting indoors communicating via electronic tools. We all but ignore the natural world that...

War of the Whales

Marine Wildlife

In 1994, when I was working at The Humane Society of the United States, I was contacted by Joel Reynolds of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He wanted to know...

Foodopoly

Farmed Animals

Wenonah Hauter’s Foodopoly: The Battle over the Future of Food and Farming in America weaves nearly every aspect of the food system—from retail and fast food to the indentured nature of farming...

The Secret World of Red Wolves

Terrestrial Wildlife

According to author T. DeLene Beeland, many devoted wildlife lovers are completely unaware that there is a separate species of wolf in North America called the red wolf (Canis rufus);...

Animal Cruelty: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding

All Programs

The various contributors to the seventeen chapters of Animal Cruelty: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding address all critical aspects of the subject: history, related legislation, special types of cruelty, its link to...

Blackfish

Marine Wildlife

Blackfish is a documentary film that tells the story of Tilikum—the now infamous orca, or killer whale, who dragged, shook and eventually drowned SeaWorld of Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau in February...