Farming is possible without killing coyotes
As a scientist advocating for evidence-based decision-making, I’m doing everything I can to promote Roxy’s Law, Senate Bill 32, to ban public lands trapping, snaring and poisoning in New Mexico.
Country Cat, City Cat
As a Marin County-based conservation photographer and wildlife educator, I spend many hours observing wildlife. Bobcats are without question my favorite species to watch and photograph.
Nevada regulators latest to take aim at controversial coyote-killing contests
WHAT KIND OF CONTEST IS THIS?
Sport hunting is one of the most controversial topics we cover on the Animals desk. It’s an emotional issue that inevitably leads to debates about ethics, sustainability, sportsmanship, and even sovereignty. Today, I’m going to turn the newsletter over to National Geographic Explorer Filipe DeAndrade, whose new film takes a deep dive into one of the most controversial types of hunting of all: wildlife killing contests.
It’s coyote-killing season in Pennsylvania. Are the hunts barbaric or necessary population control?
A dead Eastern coyote hung upside down above a bucket of dried blood in a rural Pennsylvania fire hall, its lips locked in a perpetual snarl.
Some men crouched beside it, while other adults twirled spaghetti with a fork, looking on from aluminum chairs. Children held canned sodas and stared.
Commission honors coyote advocate
Calabasas resident and Project Coyote Southern California representative Randi Feilich was named the recipient of the 2020 Carl Gibbs Environmental Excellence Award. The award, presented Feb. 2 at the City of Calabasas Environmental Commission meeting, is a symbol of commitment to the betterment of local ecology.