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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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 A coalition of wildlife advocates and some concerned, compassionate state senators and assemblymen worked for months to stop the state Department of…
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…
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…
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…
Submitted by Barry Irwin, Esq. FBI Director James Comey signed and approved the recommendations from the Criminal Justice Information Services Division, (CJIS) Advisory Policy Board’s June 2014 meeting. It adds animal cruelty crimes to the…
