Marin wildlife experts rally against rodenticides after dead coyote linked to poison
Marin wildlife experts have ramped up a fight against the use of rat poison after a coyote found dead in a San Francisco park tested positive for four types of rodenticide.
‘Coyote America’ author explains mini-wolves’ role as an enduring American icon
Love or loathe them, coyotes are a dogged part of the American landscape. Author and historian Dan Flores documents that history in his latest book, “Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History.”
Georgia DNR opens coyote-killing contest; animal advocates balk
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources wants hunters to kill more coyotes from March to August, and it’s offering them an incentive to do so.
ARCADIA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT
There has been overwhelming opposition from Arcadia residents, Project Coyote, and local and national animal welfare groups to the Arcadia City Council’s recent decision to spend $20,000 to begin trapping and killing coyotes.
My Turn: Let the coyote do what it does
Coyotes in most states, including ours, are hunted, hounded and killed over bait 365 days a year and at night between January and March, their breeding season. To what end?
PROJECT COYOTE DENOUNCES CITY OF ARCADIA’S DECISION TO TRAP AND KILL COYOTES
ARCADIA, Calif. – In the wake of the City of Arcadia’s City Council’s unanimous vote (5-0) on February 7 to trap and kill coyotes, Project Coyote denounced the decision that reverses the city’s long-term approach to coexisting with coyotes without indiscriminate killing.
Coyote-killing contests in the Land of Enchantment
Most people are shocked to learn that the practice of indiscriminately killing wildlife as part of a tournament for prizes and “recreational fun” is common and legal right here in the Land of Enchantment.
Study: Time To Reform Rogue Wildlife Agency
In a month in which environmental activists are lauding federal agency staff people with renewed vigor, one agency is being shut out of the lovefest: the controversial Wildlife Services division of the US Department of Agriculture.
Wildlife protection and conservation groups call on Oregon lawmakers to oppose cruel cougar trophy hunting bills
(Feb. 2, 2017) – A coalition of animal welfare, wildlife protection, and conservation groups are calling on Oregon lawmakers to oppose four bills relating to cruel cougar trophy hunts recently introduced in the House and Senate. The Humane Society of the United...
Documentary Film on Wildlife Killing Contests
The Las Cruces Channel (Comcast 98) will premiere a new documentary, exposing wildlife killing contests, including coyote killing contests, which are legal in the State of New Mexico.
3 wildlife bills cost zero, provide moral high ground
A trio of wildlife bills proposed this legislative session that would cost the state – and thus taxpayers – nothing in cash while earning them the moral high ground when it comes to respecting New Mexico’s wildlife and ecosystems, which belong to those same taxpayers.
Organizations Petition EPA to Halt Use of Deadly Predator Poison
Five animal protection organizations submitted a petition today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), asking the agency to cancel its registration for sodium fluoroacetate, a pesticide commonly known as Compound 1080.
Mass coyote kills take heat
Jackson Hole animal advocates are pushing back against coyote-killing derbies they allege are illegally taking place on federal land in Wyoming. Wyoming Untrapped Program Director Kristin Combs argued to the Bureau of Land Management office that coyote derbies that...
Upcoming legislation aims to challenge coyote killings
Rows of thin carcasses hung from beams, legs bound by rope and coarse sandy fur smudged with blood. The bodies were counted and weighed, then stacked in a heap. They were the targets in coyote killing contests in the American West.
Wildlife advocacy organizations host multi-city premiere screenings of new documentary film, seeking to end coyote killing contests in New Mexico
A coalition of non-profit wildlife advocacy organizations are hosting the premiere of a new documentary film to raise awareness, debunk myths and inspire action to end the cruel and senseless slaughter of wildlife in killing contests.
The Fund for Wild Nature Names Project Coyote Founder & Executive Director Camilla Fox Grassroots Activist of the Year
The Fund for Wild Nature Names Project Coyote Founder & Executive Director Camilla Fox Grassroots Activist of the Year
Don’t kill predators, protect and grow habitat
As an outdoor recreation business owner with a brand that is defined by the values and health of our natural places in Colorado, I am deeply disturbed by two proposed studies by Colorado Parks and Wildlife to kill black bears and mountain lions in designated areas to...
Animal advocacy groups pleased with updated P-45 status following last week’s impassioned press conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Judie Mancuso of Social Compassion In Legislation speaking to hundreds of attendees urging P-45’s life be saved at Press Conference on November 30, 2016 Recent Developments Mark Significant First Step in Path to Passing New Legislation to...