by Project Coyote | May 28, 2019 | Action Alert
We need your help TODAY to pass a bill that would prohibit wildlife killing contests in the state. During these barbaric events, participants compete to kill the smallest, the largest, or the greatest number of wildlife for entertainment and prizes. Hundreds of bobcats, coyotes, crows, rabbits, raccoons, squirrels, foxes, and woodchucks are slaughtered during these events every year in New York. The contests—such as the Sqwirl Skramble in Palenville, One Wiley Weekend in Addison, and the Fox Bowl in Arcade—occur throughout the state.
by Project Coyote | May 23, 2019 | Action Alert
Thanks to your calls and emails, SB 723, the bill to abolish ethically indefensible and ecologically destructive coyote killing contests in Oregon, passed the Senate Rules Committee by a 3-2 vote. The legislation will now be voted on by the Senate floor – unfortunately, a few key lawmakers have voiced strong opposition to the bill. We need your help TODAY to make sure SB 723 passes out of the Oregon Senate. Even if you have already called or emailed your Senator, please do so again.
by Project Coyote | May 23, 2019 | Action Alert
Thanks to your support, three bills to protect California’s wildlife from cruel and senseless killing have passed several hurdles in the legislature! AB 273, the bill to ban all commercial and recreational trapping of fur-bearing and nongame mammals (including coyotes and foxes), has passed the full Assembly and is now in the Senate Natural Resources & Water Committee for consideration. And after moving through several committees, the bills to prohibit the selling, giving or manufacturing of new fur products (AB 44) and the trophy hunting of bobcats (AB 1254) are on the Assembly floor for a vote.
by Project Coyote | May 8, 2019 | Action Alert
If you’ve already submitted comments to the Arizona Game and Fish (AZGF) Commission in support of their proposed rule to ban wildlife killing contests in the state – thank you! If not, there’s still time to submit your comments. The Commission is accepting public comments on the proposed rule through this Sunday, May 12th. There is also an opportunity to speak at the Commission’s June 21st meeting in Phoenix. Details below.
by Project Coyote | May 8, 2019 | Action Alert
Thanks to all who have contacted the Division of Fisheries & WIldlife (MassWildlife) to express your opposition to coyote killing contests – and to those who attended the agency’s public listening session in April in West Barnstable (the event was standing room only!). For those who haven’t yet written, there’s still time! There are also two more listening sessions that we urge you to attend.
by Project Coyote | May 7, 2019 | Action Alert
COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED TO JULY 15, 2019! There is only one week left to submit public comments on the Trump Administration’s ill-conceived proposed rule to strip Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for gray wolves in the lower 48 states. The deadline to submit...