In response to a lawsuit filed by wildlife advocacy groups, a San Francisco federal court today approved a settlement requiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services to implement numerous protections for wildlife in Northern California, including a ban on traps and aerial gunning in designated “wilderness areas.”

West Hollywood, CA – Project Coyote and allies will testify tonight before the West Hollywood City Council in support of the city staff’s recommendation to adopt a coyote coexistence plan that emphasizes a humane and compassionate approach to coyote management.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Project Coyote sued the California Fish and Game Commission and Department of Fish and Wildlife today for improperly managing and illegally subsidizing the state’s commercial trapping program.

Decision Likely Halts Program That Kills Coyotes, Bobcats, Mountain Lions SALINAS, Calif.— The California Superior Court has ruled that Monterey County’s contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program to kill predators and other native...

Indiscriminate Devices Injure People, Kill Pets and Endanger Wildlife WASHINGTON—WildEarth Guardians, the Center for Biological Diversity and several other wildlife conservation groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency today to outlaw M-44 “cyanide...

Conservationists sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program today over its outdated wildlife-killing plan for Northern California.

A coalition of conservation and wildlife organizations today formally petitioned the Wildlife Services program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for an immediate ban on the use of M-44 cyanide devices in Wyoming.

The Georgia Coyote Challenge (GCC) started March 1, and has already come under intense public criticism and scientific scrutiny.

For Immediate Release, February 22, 2017 Idaho Settlement Ensures Notification for Wildlife-killing Contests on BLM Lands Cruel, Unethical Competitions Stopped for Last Two Years BOISE, Idaho— The Federal District Court of Idaho today approved a settlement agreement...

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.

(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...

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.