Wildlife

  • Bear Protection Describes the threats facing the world's remaining bear species, and notably, the trade in bear parts.   Download PDF Version  more...
  • Endangered Species Brochure Explores human contributions to species' declines and our responsibility to prevent wildlife extinction. Approximately 65 million years ago, dinosaurs disappeared from the earth. As the twenty-first century begins, we have learned that a West African monkey, a Miss Waldron’s red...  more...
  • Cull Of The Wild A Contemporary Analysis of Wildlife Trapping in the United States An examination of wildlife trapping, providing an overview of trapping within the U.S. and an assessment of trapping devices, research, and public policy, Animal Protection Institute, by AWI wildlife consultant Camilla...  more...
  • Bushmeat Brochure Reveals the risks to wild terrestrial animal species such as great apes, elephants and antelopes from hunting and commercial trade in their meat. Subsistence use of wild animals for food has been practiced for millennia, but the current escalating demand for wild meat—commonly referred...  more...
  • America's Last Wild Horses A classic study of America's mustangs describing their pivotal role in the history of the West, their return to the wild, and the ongoing efforts to preserve them, The Lyons Press, by Hope Ryden, 2005, 345 pages.  more...
  • Endangered Species Handbook An online version of AWI's Endangered Species Handbook: www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org Resource updates made on a regular basis, including searchable text.  more...
  • Alternative Traps The Role of Cage and Box Traps in Modern Trapping, The Role of Legsnares in Modern Trapping, and The Role of Spring Powered Killing Traps in Modern Trapping By Tom Garrett, 1999, revised edition, 51 pages.  more...
  • Trapping Agony The views of Charles Darwin on the cruelty of the steel-jaw leghold trap, reprinted from Defenders magazine, 1 page. Download PDF Version  more...
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