Ending Wildlife
Killing Contests
in New Hampshire
WHAT ARE WILDLIFE KILLING CONTESTS?
Cruel, Inhumane, and Ecologically Destructive
Wildlife killing contests generally involve a day or weekend-long contest promoting the indiscriminate killing of coyotes, foxes, raccoons, and other wildlife species with prizes awarded to the contestants who kill the most or largest individuals. Wildlife killing contests promote cruelty and disrespect towards wildlife, deplete lands of wild carnivores that are critical for natural processes, such as rodent control/disease prevention, and serve no conservation or management purpose.
OUR WORK TO END WILDLIFE KILLING CONTESTS
Project Coyote cofounded the National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests composed of more than 60 national and state wildlife conservation organizations working together to bring an end to cruel and senseless killing contests nationwide. We work state-by-state to end these contests as well as at the federal level to advocate for a ban of wildlife killing contests on federal public lands.
TAKE ACTION IN NEW HAMSHIRE
- Raise awareness by sharing this page with your community in New Hampshire and encourage them to take action!
- Write a Letter to the Editor (LTE) and submit it to your local newspaper. Inform your community members and encourage them to support the bill to ban wildlife killing contests. Use these talking points.
- Host a screening of Project Coyote’s Killing Games: Wildlife In The Crosshairs and Comfort Theory’s Wildlife Killing Contests, two award-winning films, and invite lawmakers and activists to attend.
ACTION ALERTS
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