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Killing Wolves to Keep Them From Killing Sheep Is Backfiring

Call it revenge killings. Or call it how science sees it. Either way, the idea that shooting wolves keeps them from preying on livestock looks like it’s going up in flames.
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California Bans Coyote Killing Contests

California's Fish and Game Commission voted on Wednesday to ban coyote hunting derbies. Those are contests where hunters vie to kill the most coyotes, or the biggest, for prizes. Some people profit from hunting coyotes.
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California wildlife managers ban prizes for competitive hunts

(Reuters) – California wildlife managers on Wednesday banned the awarding of prizes for hunting contests targeting non-game animals like coyotes in what is believed to

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California Fish & Game Commission Votes to Ban Prizes & Inducements for Killing Wildlife

Historic Vote Sets Precedent for the Nation.
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California coyote-killing contests face ban

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Organized coyote hunts that award prizes to the top marksman have sparked a culture clash in California between wildlife advocates who

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Triumph: Wolf Killing Free-For-All On Federal Land Canceled After Backlash

A hunting competition that would’ve allowed for the killing of wolves on federal land has been canceled after backlash from environmental groups.
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Groups Sue NorCal County Over Work With Federal Wildlife Agency

A coalition of wildlife protection groups filed a lawsuit against Mendocino County on Tuesday, charging that the county's contract with a controversial federal wildlife agency violates state environmental laws.
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Lawsuit Filed Against Mendocino County Over Contract With Rogue Federal Predator Control Program

Wildlife Services linked with environmental destruction, indiscriminate killing of animals.
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With Lawsuit Pending, Feds Cancel Idaho Predator-killing Derby on BLM Lands

In response to a lawsuit from conservation groups, the Bureau of Land Management has decided to cancel a permit allowing an anti-wolf organization to conduct a “predator derby” on more than 3 million acres of
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Environmentalists file suit over wolf hunt derby

Four environmental groups filed a lawsuit late Thursday to prevent a federal agency from extending a wolf- and coyote-hunting derby onto additional public lands in east-central Idaho.
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Lawsuit Challenges Idaho’s Cruel Wildlife-killing Contest

Bureau of Land Management approves unprecedented 5-year permit to allow killing contests for wolves, coyotes, weasels, rabbits, skunks and others.
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Men Who Fear Demons See Demons Everywhere

Constant expansion of the human race means development into wild life areas.
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