
BIO
Camilla Fox is the founder and executive director of Project Coyote – a national non-profit organization based in Marin County, California that promotes compassionate conservation and coexistence between people and wildlife through education, science, and advocacy. She has served in leadership positions with the Animal Protection Institute, Fur-Bearer Defenders, and Rainforest Action Network and has spearheaded national, state, and local campaigns aimed at protecting native carnivores and fostering humane and ecologically sound solutions to human-wildlife conflicts.
With 30+ years of experience working on behalf of wildlife and wildlands and a Masters degree in wildlife ecology, policy, and conservation from Prescott College, Camilla’s work has been featured in several national and international media outlets including the New York Times, the BBC, NPR, Orion, National Geographic, and Mother Jones. She’s been featured in seven documentary films: American Bolshevik; WILDLIFE KILLING CONTESTS; BeWild to ReWild; Coyote: The Hunted Hunter; American Coyote – Still Wild at Heart; Wild Things; and On Nature’s Terms. A frequent speaker on these issues, Camilla has authored more than 70 publications and is co-author of two books: Coyotes in Our Midst and Cull of the Wild ~ A Contemporary Analysis of Trapping in the United States. She is also co-producer of the companion award-winning documentary Cull of the Wild ~ The Truth Behind Trapping and director and producer of KILLING GAMES ~ Wildlife in the Crosshairs– a documentary film released in 2017 with the aim of ending wildlife killing contests in the U.S.
Camilla has served as an appointed member on the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture’s National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee and currently serves on several non-profit advisory boards. In 2006, Camilla received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Marin Humane Society and the Christine Stevens Wildlife Award from the Animal Welfare Institute. She was named one of the 100 Guardian Angels of the Planet in 2013 and the 2014 Conservationist of the Year Award by the John Muir Association. In 2016 she was honored with the Grassroots Activist of the Year Award by the Fund for Wild Nature and in 2022 the Pegasus Foundation recognized her work for wildlife with the prestigious Pegasus Wings Award.
WORK
Articles
Project Coyote ~ Protecting America’s Song Dog
published in the Earth Island Journal
Interview with Camilla Fox of Project Coyote ~ Jim Goldstein
Cities are for Wildlife: An Interview with Camilla Fox, Founder and Executive Director of Project Coyote
published in Biophilic Cities
Interview With Project Coyote: Compassionate Coexistence with Predators
published in Exposing the Big Game
Peter Coyote and Camilla Fox ~ Working to change perceptions of and develop better strategies for dealing with Marin’s apex predators.
published in Marin magazine
Camilla Fox & the North American Native Song Dog
published in Fem Worldview
Ending America’s War on Wildlife
published in the Earth Island Journal
Two-Day Holiday Killing ‘Derby’ in Idaho Targets Wolves and Coyotes
published in the Huffington Post
The Ethics of Killing Large Carnivores
published in the Huffington Post
The War Against Wolves and Wildlife: Time to Stop the Killing
published in the Huffington Post
Viewpoints: The Case for Banning Wildlife-Killing Contexts
published in the Sacramento Bee
Books
Coyotes in Our Midst: Coexisting with an Adaptable and Resilient Carnivore
written with Christopher Papouchis
Cull of the Wild: A Contemporary Analysis of Wildlife Trapping in the United States
Edited by Camilla H. Fox and Christopher M. Papouchis
Films
Cull of the Wild: The Truth Behind Trapping
Directed by Vanessa Schulz
POSTS
VIDEOS
Playlist
PODCAST
Coyotes, Wild Carnivores and Killing Contests: an Interview with Camilla Fox of Project Coyote
Resistance Radio
Project Coyote
Rewilding Earth: Camilla Fox from Project Coyote