2014
Project Coyote leads a successful campaign to close the loopholes on wildlife killing contests targeting coyotes, bobcats, foxes and other species in California. Project Coyote’s petition to the California Fish and Game Commission (CAFGC) compels the Commission to prohibit prizes and inducements for such contests. The CAFGC voted 4 to 1 on December 3, 2014 making it unlawful to offer any prize or other inducement as a reward for the taking of any non-game mammal or furbearer in an individual contest, tournament, or derby setting a precedent for the rest of the nation. Read more.
Project Coyote joins allies in filing a lawsuit in Idaho challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to formally permit a competitive predator-hunting derby on public lands targeting wolves, coyotes, foxes, bobcats and other wildlife. Project Coyote helps galvanize a grassroots effort to flood the BLM with letters in opposition to the contest during a public comment period. In response, the BLM cancels the permit authorizing the “predator derby” on more than 3 million acres of public lands near Salmon, Idaho. Read more.
Through hard-fought litigation, Project Coyote and the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) successfully halt the annual JMK Coyote Hunting Contest in Harney County, Oregon, protecting hundreds of coyotes from a cruel and barbaric death. Read more.
Wolf advocates make history persuading the California Fish and Game Commission to list wolves under the California Endangered Species Act. Read more.
Project Coyote’s Stacey Evans and Becky Pomponio work with allies and legislators to push for a ban on penning — the practice of confining coyotes and foxes in fenced enclosures to be chased and mauled by packs of dogs for “sport” (to train hunting dogs) — in Virginia. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signs a bill (SB 42) that will restrict and ultimately phase out state-licensed foxhound training preserves. Read more.
Project Coyote announces partnership with the town of Superior, Colorado and the launch of a model Coyote Coexistence Plan produced by Project Coyote that fosters human-coyote coexistence in a suburban context. Read more.
Project Coyote supports California’s ban of direct-to-consumer sale of some of the most dangerous rat poisons that endanger at least 25 wild species in California, including mountain lions, coyotes, bobcats, hawks, endangered San Joaquin kit foxes and northern spotted owls.
Following testimony by Project Coyote’s Randi Feilich, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously (14-0) in support of an ordinance that bans snares and other body-gripping traps citywide. Read more.
With support from the National Science Foundation, Project Coyote helps organize a national Large Carnivore Working Group aimed at identifying research needs, data gaps and barriers to coexistence between people, livestock and wildlife. The working group, which includes ten members of Project Coyote’s Science Advisory Board and staff, gathers in Yellowstone National Park for its first meeting in October, 2014.