Coyotes don’t need our help to survive as a species. But there is something perverse in society marking an ancient American species for death, setting it outside the bounds of even our wildlife protections and
Yesterday was a momentous day for wildlife. In California, two bills that would end the cruel and senseless fur trade in California overcame their first hurdle. By a 9 to 3 vote, the Assembly Committee
SANTA FE, NM—Late Tuesday, the New Mexico House of Representatives joined the New Mexico Senate in passing a bill that would prohibit coyote killing contests across the state. The legislation, sponsored by Senators Mark Moores
SANTA FE – The state Senate passed legislation Wednesday that would ban coyote-killing contests in New Mexico – after an 80-minute debate that highlighted the political divide between urban and rural lawmakers.
DEAR DR. FOX: Coyote and fox killing contests occurred last month in Minnesota. These wildlife killing contests are cruel, ineffective, and do not reflect the state’s tradition of sportsmanship and respect for the outdoors.
SANTA FE — As a bill to ban recreational and commercial trapping works its way through the New Mexico legislature, indiscriminate trapping is proving an enormous impediment for endangered Mexican gray wolves’ already uphill battle
WASHBURN, Wisc. – A coalition of state and national wildlife conservation organizations have united to condemn this weekend’s 4th Annual Fur Bang! Coyote Hunt taking place near Washburn on February 14-17. Participants will compete to
Eva Woods’ op-ed (“Legislators, listen to agricultural, rural experts,” Looking In, Jan. 29) about coyotes is replete with scientific errors and largely ignores the substantial body of scientific literature on the biology and ecology of
LAST SPRING, A photographer and guide in northern California’s Point Reyes National Seashore named Daniel Dietrich spotted an unusual animal: A female coyote with blue eyes. Blue is an incredibly rare eye color for coyotes,
There will be a free screening of the documentary Killing Games: Wildlife in the Crosshairs at Coconino Center for the Arts on Thursday, Jan. 24 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
It’s barbaric. It’s dangerous. It’s archaic and a practice whose time has come and gone. Yet unlike too many of its victims, trapping is alive and well in New Mexico.