Program Term Archive
Terrestrial Wildlife
Seeking to Restore ESA Regulations
Terrestrial WildlifeIn June, the Biden administration proposed regulations aimed at restoring Endangered Species Act implementing regulations that were weakened in 2019 under the prior administration. Those rollbacks curtailed protections afforded to...
Settlement Secures Red Wolf Conservation
Terrestrial WildlifeFor more than a decade, the legal advocacy of AWI and allies has helped ensure the continued existence of red wolves in the wild. This year, that work culminated in...
The Endangered Species Act: Half a Century of Essential Protections
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeHigh in the clear blue skies over the Grand Canyon, California condors wheel slowly, searching for their next meal. In the shortgrass prairie of Wyoming, the dark eyes of black-footed...
Ag Appropriation Bills Address Animal Welfare
Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe House appropriations committee and the full Senate have approved spending bills for the US Department of Agriculture, and both include important provisions for animal welfare. The House bill expresses...
Celebrating 50 Years of the ESA
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Endangered Species Act was signed into law in December 1973 to prevent the extinction of wildlife both at home and abroad. Fifty years later, it remains one of the...
Weaken or Widen ESA Protections? Congress Weighs In
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Endangered Species Act continues to face attacks in Congress. There are bills to prohibit the listing of species not native to the United States, to allow the government to...
Beastly
Animals in Laboratories, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeKeggie Carew’s background is not in science (her career started in contemporary art), and it shows. Her book, Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us, is not the first book...
Crossings
Terrestrial Wildlife“To us, roads signify connection and escape; to other life-forms, they spell death and division.” Ben Goldfarb’s Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet is an engaging study...
Of Time and Turtles
Terrestrial WildlifeSy Montgomery brings her passion for animals and talent for storytelling to focus on turtles in her 34th book, Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell. Turtles, she...
Wildlife-Killing Cyanide Bombs Banned on Lands Managed by Federal Agency
Press ReleaseNovember 28, 2023Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomed a decision last week by the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to ban wildlife-killing M-44 devices, commonly known as “cyanide bombs,” across 245...