by Project Coyote | Dec 29, 2014 | In the News Archive 2014
The rules to the contest were pretty simple: Kill a coyote; win a prize.
by Project Coyote | Dec 10, 2014 | In the News Archive 2014
Overview With the California Fish and Game Commission’s decision last week to ban most wildlife-killing contests in the state, California now caters somewhat less to the worst impulses humanity has to offer. Last week the California Fish and Game Commission banned any...
by Project Coyote | Dec 2, 2014 | In the News Archive 2014
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Organized coyote hunts that award prizes to the top marksman have sparked a culture clash in California between wildlife advocates who value the animals as an essential part of the landscape and people who view coyotes as wily varmints to be...
by Project Coyote | Nov 4, 2014 | In the News Archive 2014
Eleven coyotes were killed in a hunting contest this weekend in a remote area outside Bakersfield, California. The killings are legal, but they’ve outraged conservationists who are working to ban predator killing competitions state-wide in California. Camilla...
by Project Coyote | Nov 3, 2014 | In the News Archive 2014
The killing of 11 coyotes in Bakersfield during a weekend hunting contest has infuriated conservationists who are trying to ban animal killing competitions that they say needlessly harm important predator populations in California, including, potentially, migrating...