Oftentimes, contests bring us together in wonderful ways. The chance to hone a skill, win prizes, and spend time with your community can be an amazing thing. Pie-baking contests, vegetable growing contests, art-making contests — all things that bring us together while adding beauty to the world. But one type of gruesome, tortuous contest does […]
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Petition: Help Ban Wildlife Killing Contests in New Jersey
Wildlife killing contests bring people together in the name of death and suffering, and that’s why many states are banning the disgusting tradition altogether. Source: HSUS/YouTube Oregon, Arizona, California, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Vermont, and Washington have all banned wildlife killing contests, and now New York. Why? Because they are widely considered as […]
Breaking: New York outlaws wildlife killing contests
This week Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation to ban wildlife killing contests in New York state. This is a wonderful moment for wildlife, as New York has been the scene of more than 20 of these senseless spectacles each year. The contests targeted a broad range of animals including coyotes, foxes, bobcats, squirrels, raccoons, crows, […]