Please join me and fellow Project Coyote Science Advisory Board Member Francisco Santiago-Ávila for screenings of KILLING GAMES ~ Wildlife In The Crosshairs as part of the Conserve Sauk Film Festival on November 9. The film will be shown three times — at 2:30pm, 4:30pm, and 5:30pm — and each showing will be followed by a Q&A session.*
Also, we are thrilled to announce that KILLING GAMES won the festival’s award for Best Treatment of Conservation Theme!
You may be shocked to hear that wildlife killing contests targeting coyotes, foxes, bobcats, and other species take place throughout the Midwest, including in Wisconsin. During these barbaric events, participants compete to kill the greatest number, the largest, or even the youngest of the target species for entertainment and prizes.
This year, the Dane County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors passed a resolution condemning wildlife killing contests in the state (local governments in Arizona and New Mexico have done the same). Opposition to these events is growing rapidly—New Mexico and Vermont abolished coyote killing contests in 2019 and 2018, respectively; the California Fish and Game Commission banned the awarding of prizes for killing furbearing and nongame animals in 2014; and momentum is building nationwide to bring an end to this brutal practice.
Join us in Baraboo on November 9 to see why these cruel events should be banned nationwide!
What: Screenings of KILLING GAMES ~ Wildlife In The Crosshairs
Where: UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County, Baraboo, WI
When: November 9, 2019, 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm CT
Schedule: Click here.
This is a FREE event ~ we hope to see you there!
Adrian Treves, Ph.D.
Project Coyote Science Advisory Board
*Francisco and I will be handling the Q&A following the 5:30 pm screening of the film, and will be present to accept the award.