Entries by Penny
Please Help Coyotes in Oregon!
One thing we know for sure is that people who like killing animals for fun, such as those who promote Predator Derbies, are extremely vocal and united in their support of each other and of these shameful events. You can help be part of more active resistance to this awful treatment of wild animals. Please […]
Environmentalists Couldn’t Stop the Slaughter at Idaho’s Annual Coyote and Wolf Derby
(Republished with permission from Christopher Ketcham; original article published on www.vice.com) by Christopher Ketcham | January 6, 2015 On the third day of the wolf-killing contest, an earthquake shook the mountains near Salmon, Idaho. “It’s Mother Earth revolting against the cruelty, the violence, the madness, of what’s happening here,” said Brian Ertz, president of the […]
Former New Mexico Rep. Takes on Coyote Killing Contests
http://www.scsun-news.com/silver_city-opinion/ci_27257102 Former New Mexico Representative Nathan P. Cote has written an impactful opinion in the Silver City Sun regarding wildlife killing contests. In it, he details the importance of predators to maintaining ecosystem integrity, and all the benefits to humans that come from keeping predators on the landscape. What really caught our attention was Cote calling […]