On Saturday, March 20, 2021, the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners will discuss wildlife killing contests and may provide direction to the Nevada Department of Wildlife to consider regulatory prohibition on contests across the state. During this two day meeting, the Board will also consider a ban on hunting bears with hound dogs (bear hounding).
Ukiah, CA – The Mendocino Non-lethal Wildlife Alliance (MNWA) and Project Coyote urge Mendocino County residents to virtually attend the July 14th County Board of Supervisors meeting via the tele-meeting option and express their strong opposition to the County’s likely renewal of their $170,000 contract with USDA Wildlife Services. Those who are unable to attend the meeting on the 14th are encouraged to urge their Supervisor to oppose the renewal of the contract. Residents are also encouraged to sign a related petition urging the Board to end their contract with Wildlife Services at this link: https://www.thepetitionsite.com/842/567/041/stop-the-killing-now/#published
EUREKA, Calif. — A coalition of animal protection and conservation groups today announce that Humboldt County will rely on non-lethal mitigation measures for native animals while using a lethal approach only as a last resort as part of the Humboldt County Integrated Wildlife Damage Management (IWDM) Program.
A key piece of information is missing from the March 7, front page article in the Ukiah Daily Journal entitled “Non-lethal Wildlife Option Explored.” It’s laudable that the Board of Supervisors is investigating non-lethal means when it comes to wildlife/human conflicts. But the Board’s current proposal is to have taxpayers continue to foot the $170,000 bill for the County to contract with USDA Wildlife Services to kill thousands of wild animals annually, using neck snares and other brutal killing methods that have been proven to be wildly ineffective and even counterproductive in protecting livestock.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — In response to a lawsuit filed by wildlife advocacy groups, a federal animal-killing program must restrict its use of bird-killing poisons in Northern California and stop setting strangulation snares and other traps in places like the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex.