Field Spaying of Does – Barbaric or Humane?
By E.M. Fay In April of this year, we heard about a proposed spaying program being planned for deer in Easthampton. The Village Board was unanimously in favor of having fertile does operated on “in…
Laws Prohibiting Cruelty to Wild Needed
Congratulations to Project Coyote and Animal Legal Defense Fund for shutting down a coyote killing contest in Oregon. Did wildlife cruelty laws do it? No, because there aren’t any! According to Camilla Fox of Project Coyote, the case was…
Wildlife Services killed 4,000,000 animals in 2013!
Killing methods were shooting, poisoning, snaring, and trapping. • 75,326 coyotes • 866 bobcats • 528 river otters • 3700 foxes • 12,186 prairie dogs • 873 red-tailed hawks • 419 black bears • 3…
96 Hours to Suffer Before Being Killed
Trish Swain of Trailsafe in Nevada reported that the Wildlife Commission voted to leave trap visitation intervals at 96 hours! Can you imagine the suffering of animals in extreme heat or cold or rain extreme…
Call Them Out Early and Often
Model Letter to the Editor for a Trappers’ Convention C.A.S.H. President, Joe Miele, sent the following letter to the editor of the Escanaba Daily Press Next month Escanaba will host the National Trappers Convention –…
Unseemly Alliances Merge to Obliterate the Mute Swan
The following list was included in the Comments to New York State’s Draft Management Plan for Mute Swans by The League of Humane Voters of New Jersey and the Animal Protection League of New Jersey.…
Letter to Editor Published in Times Union the leading paper in Albany, NY
Letter to Editor published in Times Union, the leading paper in Albany, NY A coalition of wildlife advocates and some concerned, compassionate state senators and assemblymen worked for months to stop the state Department of…
The Voice of the Mute Swan
Excerpts from the “Management of Mute Swans” By Sheila Bolin Sheila Bolin is the CEO/President and co-founder of The Regal Swan® Foundation, Inc., based in Orlando, Florida. In 2014, Bolin was named one of the…
Ohio Must Bring Back Deer Rehabilitation
By Anne Muller Wildlife rehabilitators are the stepchildren of the game agencies who control them. In Ohio, the rehabilitation of fawns is illegal, consequently calls to Wildlife Watch from scores of Ohioans are one of…
Time for a New Look at the Distribution of the Excise Tax on Guns and Ammunition
By Peter Muller The federal government has a number of “excise taxes” that are imposed on users of certain products either directly, at the point of sale or use, or indirectly, at the point of…