GRIM ANNIVERSARY: EIGHTY YEARS OF ADC ACT
THE ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL ACT (ADC Act)was signed into law in 1931.
Readers weigh in on penned facilities for dogs to chase coyotes
If emails are any indication of how strongly people feel about the issue of hunt dogs chasing penned coyotes to train for the real hunt, then Wile E. Coyote’s pals have found some human friends in Indiana.
Indiana Considers Sanctioning Animal Cruelty
As Indiana considers whether to legalize a blood-sport even nastier than dog and cockfighting known as coyote and fox “penning”- Project Coyote joined the Animal Legal Defense Fund and the Animal Welfare Institute in filing suit against the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and its director Robert Carter Jr. over the Department’s decision to waive state permit requirements for a controversial Greene County coyote and fox penning facility.
Coping with coyotes in ‘wilds’ of San Francisco
On the second floor of San Francisco’s animal control offices, a poster-board map of the city sports blue, yellow and red pushpins, each one marking a coyote sighting.
80th Anniversary of the Animal Damage Control Act — No Celebration for Wildlife
This week marks the 80th anniversary of passage of the Animal Control Damage Control Act (7 USC 426-426c).