Illinois Residents: Help Ban Wildlife Killing Contests in Illinois!
Illinois Residents: Help Ban Wildlife Killing Contests in Illinois! Speak up to let the IDNR know you support prohibiting WKCs in Illinois Every year, Illinois is home to over a dozen cruel and senseless Wildlife Killing Contests (WKCs) throughout the state. WKCs...
Protect America’s Wolves Campaign Update!
Advocate for our nation’s wolves with public comment deadlines that are rapidly approaching!
New Coalition Aims to Outlaw ‘Barbaric’ Wildlife Killing Contests
More than 50 state and national organizations have joined forces in a coalition to end wildlife killing contests targeting coyotes, wolves, bobcats, and other species. The coalition was launched by Project Coyote and the Humane Society of the United States, which estimates that around 60,000 animals were being killed in contests annually prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Blood Sport: The Fight to End the Indiscriminate Killing of Countless Wild Animals for Entertainment and Money in the United States
Coyotes, foxes, and wolves have been vilified to such an extent that society has been conditioned to believe that carnivores are evil troublemakers, their lives worthless, and that killing them in mass numbers is for the greater good.
How Killing Wildlife in the United States Became a Game
Calls for a ban escalate as controversial hunting contests kill more than 60,000 animals a year. Hunting competitions to kill wild animals such as coyotes, bobcats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes for money and prizes are increasingly controversial. Eight states have outlawed them, and legislation introduced recently in Congress aims to ban them on public lands.