AWI Quarterly Term Archive

Review

Wolfer: From Predator Control Agent to Predator Conservationist

Terrestrial Wildlife

Wildlife consultant Camilla Fox interviews Carter Niemeyer, a former federal predator control agent and author of the award-winning Wolfer: A Memoir. Carter Niemeyer is a wildlife biologist who started his career...

Do Fish Feel Pain?

Marine Wildlife

The realization that mammals and birds are capable of experiencing pain and distress has had a profound influence on our relationship with them. The knowledge of this pain capacity has...

Demon Fish

Marine Wildlife

As the world is starting to open its eyes to the impacts of over-fishing and over-exploitation of the ocean’s resources, Juliet Eilperin has authored a superb chronology of humankind’s cultural...

Project Nim Highlights Heartbreaks of Chimpanzees in Captivity

Terrestrial Wildlife

Project Nim, a documentary film directed by James Marsh, is the story of scientist Herb Terrace and his experiment—initiated in December, 1973—to teach sign language to a chimpanzee named Nim....

The Impact of the Marketplace on Farm Animal Welfare

Farmed Animals

Humane treatment of farm animals is of increasing importance to consumers, according to a tracking poll conducted to help the food industry keep up-to-date on evolving consumer trends. In another...

The Voice of the Dolphins

Marine Wildlife

Hardy Jones, a legend among marine mammal advocates, has finally penned a memoir of his 30-plus years working to help dolphins. The book is a humble and honest account of...

Born to Be Wild

Terrestrial Wildlife

The inspiring, selfless work of Dr. Biruté Galdikas of Orangutan Foundation International and Dame Daphne Sheldrick of The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is showcased in the Warner Bros. Pictures/IMAX film Born...

Journal of Animal Ethics

All Programs

While we humans on the whole have yet to acknowledge our moral obligation to other species and to behave accordingly, there is some evidence that the idea of such a moral obligation...

Bones of the Tiger

Terrestrial Wildlife

Hemanta Mishra, a field biologist with the Nepalese government, offers an extraordinarily detailed account of against-the-odds efforts to save the tigers of Nepal. Mishra delves into history, politics, legends, field...

The Elephant in the Living Room

Terrestrial Wildlife

Opening at select theaters throughout the US in April 2011 The Elephant in the Living Room: Exposing Exotic Pet Ownership in the US is a compelling documentary that examines the little-known yet widespread...