Media Release | Legal Petition Urges USDA to Adopt Comprehensive Regulatory Framework for Wildlife Services Program
Project Coyote, alongside coalition allies, submitted a petition for rulemaking to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA), urging the agency for a comprehensive regulatory framework to govern the Wildlife Services program to ensure consistency with all relevant laws and policies.
MEDIA RELEASE | Wildlife Advocates Score a Victory in Plumas and Sierra Counties in Restricting USDA’s “Wildlife Services” Killing Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — October 19, 2022 Wildlife Advocates Score a Victory in Plumas and Sierra Counties in Restricting USDA’s “Wildlife Services” Killing Program Counties agree to suspend wildlife-killing contract comply with CEQA and analyze the...USDA’s Wildlife Services wastes $124 million in taxpayer dollars to slaughter wildlife
In the midst of catastrophic biodiversity collapse and the climate crisis, Wildlife Services, a federal program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, killed over 1.76 million animals last year, including more than 400,000 native animals.