The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed a rule that would limit predator control across the millions of acres that encompass the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Today Gov. Kathy Hochul signed critical legislation ending wildlife killing contests for coyotes, foxes, bobcats, squirrels, raccoons, crows and other species in New York. New York is the tenth state to end these gruesome competitions after Oregon took action to do so in September.
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 all relevant laws and policies.
Today, we achieved a momentous VICTORY for Oregon’s wildlife! The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission just voted (X-X) to ban wildlife killing contests statewide, which makes Oregon the ninth state to ban these egregious and ecologically destructive contests.
