Marilyn McGee was recognized by the Sierra Club’s Foothills Group
Marilyn McGee was recognized by the Sierra Club’s Foothills Group for promoting conservation and coexistence between people and wildlife.
Wildlife Services and its eternal war on predators
The federal agency has been researching nonlethal means to protect livestock for decades. So why is it still killing so many carnivores?
Bobcats belong here
The last two mornings my husband and I witnessed a red fox walking through our backyard. On a wildlife camera we occasionally put out, we’ve also documented coyotes and bobcats roaming through our yard. We live in Redlands very close to relatively busy Mariposa Drive...
Some Want to Block Wisconsin Coyote Hunting Contest
As the sun begins to set this weekend in northern Wisconsin, hunters will start to gather at Main Street Ed's in the small town of Argonne, coyote carcasses in tow. Some will only have one; others could bring in a half-dozen or more.
Contest to bag coyotes causing heartburn
Marilyn McGee, if you will pardon the pun, doesn’t feel as if she’s crying wolf when she speaks out against coyote hunting, something she is scheduled to do this evening. An elementary school teacher in Stokes County, McGee is the state representative for an...
Inside the US agency charged with killing a ‘mindboggling’ number of animals
After anti-government protesters took over Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge earlier this month to support two ranchers convicted of arson, it emerged that the convicts, Steven and Dwight Hammonds, had received thousands of dollars in financial support from...
Does killing urban coyotes create more problems than it solves?
One night a few months ago, as my husband sat in the backyard, a coyote appeared, so swiftly and silently that one moment it wasn’t there and the next, it was standing on the slope 15 feet away. My husband called me out to look; the creature was a beauty, larger than...
Coyote hunting contest draws complaints from environmental groups
Plans for a one-day coyote hunting contest near Crandon in northeastern Wisconsin are coming under fire from some environmental groups who are raising concerns that federally protected wolves might be killed in the process.
Editorial: Why does Utah put a price on coyotes’ heads?
Tails of Marin: Animal Film Fest informs and inspires
In its third year, the festival features films that explore aspects of animal welfare, animal rights, the human/animal bond and programs demonstrating ways to improve the lives of animals.