Tag: Coyotes

Breaking: Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission ends wildlife killing contests on Oregon’s public lands

Breaking: Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission ends wildlife killing contests on Oregon’s public lands

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, September 15, 2023 

BEND, Oregon (Sept. 15, 2023)—Today at a hearing in Bend, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to prohibit wildlife killing contests for coyotes and other species classified as unprotected mammals in the state. A coalition of 22 local and national wildlife and conservation organizations and hunters, wildlife management professionals, scientists, veterinarians, and advocates across Oregon submitted testimony in support.

Coyote Killing Contest Placing Oregon’s Wolves in Crosshairs

Federal Agencies Urged to Halt Coyote-hunting Contest in Oregon’s Lake County Contest Risks Killing Endangered Wolves, Breaking Wildlife Laws   PORTLAND, Ore.— Six wildlife conservation organizations representing nearly 212,000 Oregonians … Continue reading Coyote Killing Contest Placing Oregon’s Wolves in Crosshairs

BLM Says No to Predator Killing Contest on BLM Lands

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 25, 2014   Contact: Drew Kerr, WildEarth Guardians, (312) 375-6104 Laura King, Western Environmental Law Center, (406) 204-4852 Bob Ferris, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 Lynne Stone, … Continue reading BLM Says No to Predator Killing Contest on BLM Lands

Help Us Stop Senseless Wolf and Coyote Killing Contests

  Dear Cascadia Wildlands Supporter:   Cascadia Wildlands needs your support in our fight against predator killing contests. (click here)   Predator killing contests—like the one pictured above—are not hunting. … Continue reading Help Us Stop Senseless Wolf and Coyote Killing Contests

Conservationists Sue to Stop Wolf and Coyote Killing Contest

  Press Release For Immediate Release: November 13, 2014   Contacts:  Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, 541.434.1463 nick@cascwild.org Bethany Cotton, WildEarth Guardians, 503.327.4923, bcotton@wildearthguardians.org Laura King, Attorney, Western Environmental Law Center, … Continue reading Conservationists Sue to Stop Wolf and Coyote Killing Contest

To BLM: Derbies Should be Cute Little Hats, Not Killing Contests

“This is an incredible opportunity to team up with our [sic] son or daughter during Christmas break and spend some quality time in the gorgeous Salmon, Idaho Country! Some of … Continue reading To BLM: Derbies Should be Cute Little Hats, Not Killing Contests

Deer, Bears and Pigs: the Apples, Oranges and Pumpkins of Ecology

By Bob Ferris   In the mid-1980s I served as an ecological consultant for the University of California, Santa Cruz when they compiled their 20-year development plan.  I was making … Continue reading Deer, Bears and Pigs: the Apples, Oranges and Pumpkins of Ecology