YAVAPAI COUNTY, Ariz. — The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously yesterday in favor of a proclamation that opposes wildlife killing contests. Arizona citizens belonging to a coalition known as I AM WOLF NATION in partnership with Project Coyote and other wildlife and animal protection organizations have been working to end wildlife killing contests in Yavapai County and other Arizona localities. Yavapai County’s proclamation follows on the heels of a similar Dewey-Humboldt Town Council resolution that passed in November.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today more than 50 North American scientists and more than 30 wildlife and animal protection organizations that are part of the National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests (“Coalition”) are calling on state and local officials to reject the United States Predator Challenge (“USPC”), a barbaric competition that will award prizes for killing the most coyotes in three regional contests over the next few months.

DEWEY-HUMBOLDT, Ariz. — At the urging of Arizona citizens and local, state and national wildlife and animal protection organizations, the Dewey-Humboldt Town Council voted 4 to 2 last week in favor of a resolution that opposes wildlife killing contests. In these cruel events, participants compete for fun and prizes by killing the greatest number or the heaviest of the target species.

TORRANCE, Calif. — The Torrance City Council will revisit the City’s Urban Coyote Management Plan at a meeting tonight. Project Coyote and a large contingent of wildlife advocates will be present to request that the City Council oppose the indiscriminate killing of coyotes and support moving forward with a humane, nonlethal coyote management program.

BURNS, Ore. — State and national conservation and animal welfare organizations have sent a letter to the Oregon Farm Bureau requesting cancellation of the upcoming Young Farmers & Ranchers (YFR) 1st Annual Coyote Hunting Tournament in Burns, and asking for support of a statewide ban on wildlife killing contests in Oregon. The letter was sent in advance of the YFR Leadership Conference that took place last weekend in Redmond.

YREKA, Calif.  — Responding to legal pressure from a coalition of animal-protection and conservation groups, Siskiyou County officials have announced the suspension of its contract with the notorious federal wildlife-killing program known as Wildlife Services, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The program has killed more than 28,000 animals in the county over the past decade.

REDDING, CA (July 24, 2018) — Responding to legal pressure from a coalition of animal protection and conservation groups, Shasta County officials announced on Friday that the county will suspend its contract with the notorious federal wildlife-killing program known as Wildlife Services.

ATLANTA, Georgia—Today a coalition of scientists with Project Coyote and more than 25 wildlife and animal protection organizations that are part of the National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests (“Coalition”) delivered two letters to Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Commissioner Mark Williams, and Georgia Wildlife Resources Division Rusty Garrison, urging the cancellation of the controversial “Georgia Coyote Challenge.”

Vermont Becomes the Second State in the Nation to Ban Coyote Killing Contests for Prizes MONTPELIER, Vermont—Yesterday, Vermont enacted H.636, effectively banning coyote killing contests throughout the state. A passionate and persistent coalition of landowners,...

VENTURA, Calif.— Wildlife conservationists and scientists praised California Fish and Game Commissioners for their vote on Thursday in support of a progressive predator policy that provides the framework for how the state approaches predator conservation, stewardship, and management into the future.

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.

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.”