Reno officials condemn coyote-killing contests
The Reno City Council has joined animal advocates and other Nevada public bodies in the condemnation of wildlife-killing contests, a long tradition in the Silver State.
City council passes resolution requesting ban on sport wildlife hunts
The Reno City Council today passed a resolution advocating for a ban on wildlife hunting contests, specifically “unprotected fur-bearing mammals” such as coyotes.
Reno City Council (NV) Passes Resolution Condemning Wildlife Killing Contest
Reno will join a growing number of states and counties that have formally criticized these contests, which award participants with cash, guns, or other prizes for killing the most, largest, or smallest of the target species.
Reno council supports ban on wildlife killing contests, mayor calls competitions ‘heinous’
The city of Reno is backing a proposed ban on wildlife killing contests in Nevada.
Call for end to killing contests spreads north to Reno City Council
Disgust with Nevada’s wildlife killing contests, which attract hunters from nearby states where the practice is illegal, is not drawn along the geographic lines that divide the state’s north and south, as the Reno City Council proved Wednesday when it voted six to one in favor of a resolution to stop the competitions.
Conservation Groups Sue Wisconsin Natural Resources Board to Stop Illegal November Wolf Hunt
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 31, 2021 Conservation Groups Sue Wisconsin Natural Resources Board to Stop Illegal November Wolf Hunt Madison, WI. — Today Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf and Wildlife, and Project...
Project Coyote Collaborates with Artists to Protect Michigan’s Wolves
Art Exhibit “The Spirit of the Hunt” Highlights the Plight of Wildlife, Inspiring Appreciation and Action
Nevada has no good reason to continue wildlife-killing contests
It looks like Nevada Department of Wildlife commission is squirming out of a decision on banning wildlife-killing contests in the state, as it signaled in a meeting last week when it polled attendees to see if there was room for compromise on the issue.
Feather River Action! calls for Non-Lethal Predator Defense Program
Feather River Action! calls for Non-Lethal Predator Defense Program to replace USDA Wildlife Services presence as contract comes up for renewal.
MEDIA RELEASE: Wildlife advocates declare victory for wildlife in Mendocino County
Ukiah, CA — Today, wildlife advocates declared victory when the Mendocino Board of Supervisors voted to terminate their contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program. Mendocino County, like most western counties, contracted with the federal program to kill native wild animals largely at the behest of ranchers and farmers. This victory comes after nearly a decade of attempts to hold Wildlife Services accountable to the public that funds their lethal activities in the county.
A wolf hunt blew past its kill quota in February. Another hunt is coming this fall.
Wisconsin, increasingly divided between rural and urban views, faces hard, contentious questions of how big its remaining wolf population should be.
The carnage of coyote-killing contests
“We are all interconnected,” said Norm Cavanaugh, a member of the Western Band of the Shoshone Tribe in Nevada and a hunter. “When elders pray, they pray for all our relations as the deer, the coyote, all living beings on mother earth because we are all interconnected. So in that sense the coyote is considered a relation of the native people… No animals are killed just for sport, the elders said.”
‘Killing spree’: Wisconsin’s wolf population plunges after protections removed, study finds
As many as one-third of Wisconsin’s gray wolves probably died at the hands of humans in the months after the federal government announced it was ending legal protections, according to a study released on Monday. Poaching and a February hunt that far exceeded kill quotas were largely responsible for the drop-off, University of Wisconsin scientists said.
And Still the Song Dog Sings
IT IS GOOD to hear the coyotes singing again. For a few weeks last month we were awakened now and then to their yips and wails coming from someplace across the canal where they’d been prepping for this season’s litter of pups. We hadn’t expected to hear from them this year because of the big yellow machines that have lately come and leveled the forest that once grew over there, and scraped the surrounding fields to rows of rubble and naked flats of glaring sand. But still the coyotes are out there, somewhere in the cracks and crawlspaces of the greenspace that used to be. And in those quiet hours before our daily bombardments of heavy machinery, those tenacious little beasts, bless their hearts, are singing.
Montana and Idaho Have Legalized Killing Wolves on a Massive Scale
The two Republican-controlled states have passed laws that could decimate the wolf population and endanger a major conservation success story.
#STOPTHEKILL Billboard Campaign ~ Double Your Dollars!
As a Project Coyote supporter, you’re aware of our nationwide efforts to ban Wildlife Killing Contests—a barbaric practice in which contestants compete for prizes and cash to kill the most or largest of a target species such as coyotes, wolves, bobcats, or foxes. But although friends of wildlife know of the prevalence of these lethal “contests,” most people have no idea that wildlife killing contests are taking place in their home state—and that this deadly bloodsport is perfectly legal.
Animal Killing Contests: Is That Legal?
I literally had no idea. None. Until I recently saw that a bill in Oregon failed to pass (for the third time!) which would have prohibited the killing of coyotes in contests for cash or prizes. With the prize going to the hunter (used loosely) who can kill the most coyotes over a specified time. One Oregon rep justified these contests by stating that “the average number of coyotes killed by a competitor is less than one” and that these contests “bring a surge of tourism” to remote parts of the state. Seriously? How do you kill “less than one” coyote? And what Neanderthal plans his vacation around going to the remote parts of Oregon to kill coyotes?
Victory for Wildlife in Maryland!
We want to share the fabulous news that Maryland has become the eighth state to ban Wildlife Killing Contests, joining Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Vermont, and Washington.