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MEDIA RELEASE | Federal Agency Killed More Than 61,000 Coyotes in 2025

CONTACT: Amelia PerrinCommunications ManagerP: 919-619-4913E: [email protected] Federal Agency Killed More Than 61,000 Coyotes in 2025, New USDA Data ShowsCoyote kills rose nearly 6% over 2024, as

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Action Alert: Cyanide Bombs Are Back on Public Lands. Tell Congress to Take Action.

In April 2026, the Trump administration quietly dismantled one of the most important wildlife protections of the last decade. A new memorandum of understanding between

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Coyote in spring

MEDIA RELEASE | Condem Trump Admin M-44 Use

CONTACT:  Amelia Perrin Communications Manager P: 919-619-4913 E: [email protected] Camilla Fox Founder & Executive Director  P: 415-690-0338 E: [email protected] PROJECT COYOTE CONDEMNS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S EFFORT

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MEDIA RELEASE | Petition Urges Forest Service to Ban ‘Cyanide Bombs’

Project Coyote Joins More Than 60 Conservation Groups to Oppose Deadly M-44s Project Coyote joined over 60 conservation groups, led by the Center for Biological

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MEDIA RELEASE | 2023 Wildlife Services Report: Taxpayer Dollars Used to Kill Over 70,000 Wild Carnivores

April 15, 2024 Media Contacts: [email protected], 415.326.4110 LARKSPUR, CA — Wildlife Services, often known as the killing arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), just

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Ban M-44 ‘Cyanide Bombs’ on Public Lands!

Canyon’s Law (H.R. 4068/S. 1940) has been reintroduced in the 118th Congress by Rep. Jared Huffman, Rep. Steve Cohen, and Sen. Jeff Merkley. With increased public awareness about the barbarity of sodium cyanide and its
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Media Release | Bureau of Land Management Bans Use of Cyanide Bombs

Project Coyote welcomed a decision announced on November 22nd by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that will stop the use of M-44 devices – also known as cyanide bombs – on 245 million acres
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Media Release | Legal Petition Urges USDA to Adopt Comprehensive Regulatory Framework for Wildlife Services Program

Project Coyote, alongside coalition allies, submitted a petition for rulemaking to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA), urging the agency for a comprehensive regulatory framework to govern the Wildlife Services program to ensure consistency with
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MEDIA RELEASE | Government Agents Kill Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf Father, Threatening Pack’s Survival

An endangered Mexican gray wolf has been killed in New Mexico by federal employees, according to a document released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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MEDIA RELEASE | Wildlife Advocates Score a Victory in Plumas and Sierra Counties in Restricting USDA’s “Wildlife Services” Killing Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — October 19, 2022 Counties agree to suspend wildlife-killing contract comply with CEQA and analyze the ecological impacts of widespread slaughter Quincy,

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USDA’s Wildlife Services wastes $124 million in taxpayer dollars to slaughter wildlife

In the midst of catastrophic biodiversity collapse and the climate crisis, Wildlife Services, a federal program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, killed over 1.76 million animals last year, including more than 400,000 native animals.
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MEDIA RELEASE | Public Interest Groups Sue Plumas and Sierra Counties Over Taxpayer-Funded Wildlife Killing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MARCH 2, 2022 Public Interest Groups Sue Plumas and Sierra Counties Over Taxpayer-Funded Wildlife Killing Environmental Violations, Animal Cruelty and Threat

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