by Project Coyote | Jul 10, 2020 | Action Alert
We’ve reached out to you before for your help in urging Mendocino County to permanently terminate its contract with the USDA Wildlife Services, which has trapped, shot, and killed hundreds of bears, bobcats, coyotes, foxes, mountain lions and other wildlife in Mendocino—and inadvertently killed non-target species, including imperiled wildlife and beloved pets. The County has been using taxpayer dollars to pay for their lethal wildlife management program, often on behalf of commercial agricultural interests.
by Project Coyote | Sep 7, 2018 | In the News
The euphemistically named federal killing agency known as Wildlife Services was sued and won in Idaho US District Court by environmental groups that include Western Watershed Project, Predator Defense, Wild Earth Guardians, and the Center for Biological Diversity. The plaintiffs assert that Wildlife Services’ lethal control of coyotes and other predators at the behest of the livestock industry (and sometimes hunters) is based upon political expediency, not sound science. Currently, the plaintiffs are formulating a remedy.
by Project Coyote | Aug 15, 2017 | In the News
Salinas >> Last year, animal protection and conservation organizations challenged Monterey County’s contract renewal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program, calling it “a notorious federal wildlife-killing program” and filing a lawsuit.
by Project Coyote | Oct 25, 2016 | Media Release, Media Release Archive 2016, What's Hot
The California Superior Court issued an order Monday evening denying Monterey County’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit, filed in June by animal protection and conservation organizations.
by Felipe Gonzales | May 16, 2016 | In the News, In the News Archive 2016
In 2014, Wildlife Services killed 61,702 coyotes — one every eight and a half minutes. The agency, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, kills invasive species, nuisance birds and livestock-eating predators like wolves and black bears. Though its researchers...
