When Chetwynd RCMP officers were called to a rural property in May 2018, they found two dogs calmly lying in an enclosure with three dead goats. The woman who had called police hadn’t seen the attack on her family’s pet goats and didn’t know the dogs, but she was afraid of what they might do […]
Tag: coyotes
Nevada has no good reason to continue wildlife-killing contests
It looks like Nevada Department of Wildlife commission is squirming out of a decision on banning wildlife-killing contests in the state, as it signaled in a meeting last week when it polled attendees to see if there was room for compromise on the issue. Compromise? No way, not on this matter. These contests are slaughterfests […]
‘An abomination’: the story of the massacre that killed 216 wolves
The woods were full of the sounds of snowmobiles and baying hounds. A group of perhaps a dozen hunters had gathered to give chase to big game along a frozen creek in north-eastern Wisconsin. Hound hunting, chiefly for black bear and coyote, is a popular pastime in this part of the state. But the houndsman […]
Coyote-killing contests have been outlawed in several states – should they be banned nationwide?
Nevada wildlife officials are considering a ban on coyote-killing contests, which have been outlawed in several other states. In question is whether the competitions are acceptable wildlife conservation measures or brutal examples of cruelty to animals. Emotions run high on both sides of the issue. The rules of a coyote-killing contest are simple: kill as […]
Who Decides How Your State’s Wildlife is Treated?
While millions of Americans are spending more time outside enjoying nature and wildlife, most don’t know that the fate of the nation’s wildlife is largely controlled by small unelected groups of people more invested in protecting the interests of trophy hunters than in protecting animals. In every U.S. state, regulations governing how wildlife should be […]
Idaho bill seeks to kill more than 1,000 wolves
Lawmakers in Idaho are pushing to drastically reduce wolf numbers in the state, perhaps by as much as over 90%, complementing other US efforts to shrink their population. Idaho’s gray wolf population was recently estimated at 1,556, but sponsors of a bill approved in the state senate last week say that the preferred number of […]
Want to save our planet? Kill trophy hunting.
Approximately 100,000 wolves, bears, mountain lions, and bobcats are killed by trophy hunters every year in the U.S. for their skins, heads, a trophy, or for bragging on social media. By killing America’s iconic native carnivores at this alarming rate, trophy hunters remove wildlife species that are vital to maintaining the health and balance of […]
It’s coyote-killing season in Pennsylvania. Are the hunts barbaric or necessary population control?
A dead Eastern coyote hung upside down above a bucket of dried blood in a rural Pennsylvania fire hall, its lips locked in a perpetual snarl. Some men crouched beside it, while other adults twirled spaghetti with a fork, looking on from aluminum chairs. Children held canned sodas and stared. “Thirty-eight pounds even,” the men […]