Coyote control efforts have the ‘opposite effect’
I’m writing in response to the article stating Taos is entering into a contract with USDA Wildlife Services for coyote control. First of all it is important to understand why there is an increase in coyote activity, not just in Taos County, but practically everywhere...
Is hunting really a conservation tool?
A new UW-Madison study upends central notion about predator management
California county cuts tie with Wildlife Services over predator killing
In 2014, Wildlife Services killed 61,702 coyotes — one every eight and a half minutes. The agency, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, kills invasive species, nuisance birds and livestock-eating predators like wolves and black bears. Though its researchers...
Wildlife Victories Continue ~ We’re front Page News!
Mendocino County suspends its contract with the USDA Wildlife Services agency
Mendocino County dumps federal killings of livestock predators
Wildlife advocates scored a major victory…