Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Funding Freeze Puts Key Red Wolf Recovery Project on Ice
Terrestrial WildlifeIn December, the Federal Highway Administration announced that the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) had won a Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program grant competition and would receive $25 million to...
Mink Legislation Reintroduced to Protect Public Health and Compensate Farmers
Press ReleaseMarch 19, 2025Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeUS Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) has reintroduced the Mink: Vectors for Infection Risk in the United States Act (Mink VIRUS Act), bipartisan legislation endorsed by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)....
ProTECT Act Would Protect Species Killed as Trophies
Press ReleaseMarch 7, 2025Terrestrial WildlifeThe Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies (ProTECT) Act (H.R. 1934) was reintroduced yesterday by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA). The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends Lieu for continuing to champion...
Illinois Bill Would Require Disease Monitoring on Mink Farms to Safeguard Human Health
Press ReleaseFebruary 4, 2025Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act in Illinois, which would protect public health and human safety by requiring disease prevention and...
President Trump’s Day-One Actions Will Decimate Wildlife Habitat
Press ReleaseJanuary 23, 2025Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeOn his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders designed to advance policies that are disastrous to wildlife and their habitats. The orders expand oil and...
2025 Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award Recipients
Terrestrial Wildlife2025 Award Recipients: Anti-Smuggling Bureau of China Customs for continuing to strengthen its capacity to fight wildlife crime, including through implementation of advanced scanning technology at key customs checkpoints, which has...
New Federal Grant for US Highway 64 Crossings Could Save Endangered Red Wolves and Other Wildlife
Press ReleaseDecember 20, 2024Terrestrial WildlifeThe Federal Highway Administration announced today that the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will receive $25 million to build new wildlife crossing structures on US Route 64 to help save the...
AWI Joins Africa Animal Welfare Conference
Terrestrial WildlifeFor the past several years, AWI has supported the Africa Animal Welfare Conference (AAWC), an annual event that draws government officials, animal protection groups, and animal advocates from across the...
Global Students Get Vocal for Animals
Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe 2024 edition of the annual “A Voice for Animals” contest, sponsored by AWI, the Humane Education Network, and the Palo Alto Humane Society, once again provided a platform for...
Humans Fall Victim as Ecosystems Fall out of Balance
Terrestrial WildlifeA dramatic die-off of vultures in India due to accidental poisoning was associated with a greater than 4 percent increase in human death rates from 2000 to 2005. Such was the...