Protecting Wildlife, Preserving Nature

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Protecting Wildlife, Preserving Nature

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Protecting Wildlife, Preserving Nature

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Hunting Contests

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    Wildlife Services

    Agency Under The Us
    Department Of Agriculture

    Coyotes, wolves, mountain lions, bears, and other native wildlife are being killed by Wildlife Services, a rogue federal program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Tasked “to resolve wildlife conflicts to allow people and wildlife to coexist,” Wildlife Services’ tactics are in fact destroying ecosystems, killing millions of animals, and — in some cases — violating laws.

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    Poison, Trap & Aircraft Hunting

    Painful Killing Methods
    Of Wildlife Animals

    Traps

    Traps are regularly set and left unattended. According to the agency, they aro chocked as often as is required by state law, unless exceptions are obtained, however, former Wildlife Services employees report widespread corruption, including that traps could go unchecked for weeks or longer. Animals who are found alive in a trap are killed. Others die of exposure, starvation, and predation.

    Poisons

    Wildlife Services uses spring-activated M-44 cyanide capsules. A small nettle wrapped in cloth is exposed above ground and baited with a sweet scent, attracting a “bite and pull” response from animals such as coyotes, according to Wildlife Services. Any animal that pulls on the device triggers it to spray.

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    Capturing the Wild

    Moments Of Beauty And
    Bravery In Nature

      Negative

      Ecological Impact

      Targeting top predators wreaks havoc on ecosystems. Small mammal densities can surge and encourage diseases to spread and invasive flora to thrive. Killing apex predators is also ineffective at decreasing the overall population. Coyotes, for example, typically oat small animals and studies show when coyote numbers decrease, prey animal populations increase.

      As a result, mother coyotes have larger litters and decades of killing has not reduced overall coyote numbers. Killing an adult male mountain lion tends to lead to more attacks on domestic animals because removing that established male encourages more aggressive juvenile lions to take his place.

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        What Do Leading

        Wildlife Manager Say

        EXPERTS AGREE that wildlife killing contests are cruel, unsporting and counterproductive to sound wildlife management. Below are a few comments from experts about wildlife killing contests.

        Killing large numbers of predators as part of an organized contest or competition is inconsistent with sound, science-based wildlife management and antithetical to the concepts of sportsmanship and fair chase.

        Mike Finley

        Hunter And Former Chair

        Killing large numbers of predators as part of an organized contest or competition is inconsistent with sound, science-based wildlife management and antithetical to the concepts of sportsmanship and fair chase.

        The Wildlife Society

        Killing large numbers of predators as part of an organized contest or competition is inconsistent with sound, science-based wildlife management and antithetical to the concepts of sportsmanship and fair chase.

        Mike Finley

        Hunter And Former Chair