by Project Coyote | Jul 28, 2020 | Coyote Chronicles
Since our last edition of Coyote Chronicles, the world has turned upside down. A pandemic crisis, combined with an historic social justice movement, is redefining what we consider “normal.” We are at a critical crossroads. These challenges present a unique opportunity for systemic change—change that our planet, our society and our culture so desperately need. In fact, we are already seeing that change as people increasingly act; they engage for the causes they believe in.
by Project Coyote | Mar 28, 2020 | Coyote Chronicles
While our world has been turned upside down over the past month, our work for the wild ones persists.
Unconscionably, wildlife killing contests continue in Texas, Pennsylvania and elsewhere, with participants flaunting government directives to not gather in groups of ten or more in order to avoid spreading the deadly Coronavirus. As you will read below, we continue to expose this barbarity and to work with our growing National Coalition to Ban Wildlife Killing Contests to bring an end to these horrific killfests.
by Project Coyote | Nov 19, 2019 | Coyote Chronicles
What a last few months it has been—from California paving the way for the rest of the nation by banning commercial and recreational trapping, the manufacturing and sale of fur, and bobcat trophy hunting to Arizona becoming the fourth state in the nation to abolish wildlife killing contests.
by Project Coyote | Jul 19, 2019 | Coyote Chronicles
With many state legislatures drawing to a close and others taking a summer breather, I’ve been absorbing the many accomplishments Project Coyote, our coalition partners, and like-minded individuals have achieved for animals over the last six months. While there have been some disappointments, most notably in Oregon with the defeat of the bill to ban coyote killing contests in the final hours of the legislative session, there have been several victories that will reduce animal suffering and save countless animal lives over the coming years.
by Project Coyote | Nov 20, 2018 | Coyote Chronicles
NOVEMBER 2018 IN THIS ISSUE: ARTISTS FOR WILD NATURE REFORMING PREDATOR MANAGEMENT REFORMING PREDATOR MANAGEMENT AND COYOTE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES SCIENCE, CONSERVATION & STEWARDSHIP Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the...
by Project Coyote | Aug 8, 2018 | Coyote Chronicles
During my recent travels to screen Project Coyote‘s film KILLING GAMES–Wildlife In The Crosshairs and to address predator conservation at the Speak for Wolves Conference in West Yellowstone and at the Taft-Nicholson Environmental Humanities Center in Centennial Valley, Montana, I was reminded of the intense antipathy towards native carnivores that still exists in the United States.