While Cape Cod bleeds, San Francisco leads
When coyote hunting season opened in January on Cape Cod, Powderhorn Outfitters in Hyannis offered a killing incentive to hunters: bag as many coyotes as possible and win a cash prize.
Vermont House approves coyote contest ban
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) The Vermont House has voted to ban coyote hunting tournaments in Vermont.
Cape Cod coyote-hunting contest spurs protests
Animal rights activists are protesting a local outfitter’s call for the biggest dead coyote on Cape Cod.
KILLING GAMES ~ Wildlife In The Crosshairs selected as Best Short / 1st Place by Animal Film Festival
KILLING GAMES ~ Wildlife In The Crosshairs, Project Coyote’s campaign documentary exposing the barbaric practice of wildlife killing contests, was selected as Best Short / 1st Place at the upcoming Animal Film Festival taking place on February 17 in Grass Valley, California.
Can red wolves be saved again?
This sprawling mix of swamp and forest is the only place in the world where red wolves live in the wild, and on a breezy afternoon Ron Sutherland set out to find one.
Flawed Fee Analysis Diverts Fur-trapping Costs to California Taxpayers
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in expenses were omitted from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s recent estimate of the cost of running the state’s commercial animal-trapping program, according to a new review of the department’s economic analysis by two conservation groups.
Berkeley workshop to teach about coyotes and how to live with them
BERKELEY — A workshop on coyotes and how to coexist with them will be featured at the city’s animal shelter from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 pm Feb. 4.
Coyote howls have you cowering? Don’t fear, says this Atlanta advocacy group
The Department of Natural Resources wants hunters to lower the coyote population. But the Atlanta Coyote Project wants to change the narrative.
Lobos lose again as the state Game Commission OKs plan it dictated
Contrary to the [Albuquerque] Journal editors’ claim that the revised Mexican wolf recovery plan reflects compromise and science, it reflects special interest politics and flawed science.
Experts howl at ‘coywolf’ headlines; limited NH hunting season called for
A wildlife advocacy group is asking the state Fish and Game Department to shorten the season on coyote hunting, currently allowed year-round.
Editorial: Trapping, killing contests should have no place in NM
Welcome to the Land of Enchantment, where: • If you find a wild animal caught in a trap, you can neither free it nor put it out of its misery.
• You can kill as many non-game animals – porcupines, prairie dogs, rabbits, ground squirrels, Himalayan tahrs, skunks, feral hogs, bobcats and coyotes – as you like without a permit, sometimes for cash and fabulous prizes. Just what does this say about our state?
PHOTOS: Coyote Hunt Protest Gets Heated
Protesters gathered in front of The Wayside Bar in Lemmon Valley yesterday to voice their opposition to a coyote hunting contest.
Coyote Tracker: San Francisco’s Uneasy Embrace of a Predator’s Return
One night a little more than a year ago coyote 02M took off into the dark.
When the new dogs in town are coyotes: Expert Camilla Fox on co-existing with them
I grew up in Kensington, next to Berkeley, in the 1970s and 80s, and I’ll never forget the first (and in those days, the only) coyote I spotted while hiking a nearby trail in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park.
Coyotes howl to chat with their neighbors
Coyotes are more than an icon of the American West. They are probably your neighbors.
Fear & Loathing ~ Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine
If you live in Central Texas, chances are you have a coyote story to tell. Perhaps you’ve encountered the native predator on a walk, or looked outside your living room to see one trotting along the street. Those in outlying parts of Travis County often cook dinner as coyote howls float on the breeze.
Governments in CO/UT/NM/AZ Deliberately Derailed Mexican Wolf Recovery, Documents Reveal (Investigative Report)
After decades of deliberation the final revision of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan (the Plan) was released at the end of November, but former USFWS officials tell EnviroNews it strays far from scientists’ minimum recommendations for recovery of the gray wolf subspecies.
Coyotes: Dispelling Myths About Who They Are, What They Do
More and more people are routinely hearing coyotes yip, bark, and howl in their backyards in urban and suburban settings or where they go, often with their companion dogs, for fun and exercise.