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Wildlife Killing Contests - The Movie

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Wildlife Killing Contests - The Movie

The polite and restrained movie appearing below is not anti-hunting. In fact, it should be mandatory viewing for all hunters and wildlife lovers. While most of the contests target predators, each shot fired damages the legacy—and future—of ethical hunting. Why? These contests have nothing to do with wildlife

A Death Of Ethics: Is Hunting Destroying Itself?

A Death of Ethics: Is Hunting Destroying Itself?

Quoting the article below, “Hunting historians today say Theodore Roosevelt, as a student of science, would embrace the knowledge that touts predators’ important ecological role. They say he would be opposed to predator-killing contests and be appalled by the practice of running down wolves and coyotes on snowmobiles. NOTE: this

Telling the Scientific Truth About Coyotes

Telling the Scientific Truth About Coyotes

“Coyote killing contests and indiscriminate coyote poisoning programs do not control coyote populations, and hurt the environment. NOTE: this article was originally published to SantaFeNewMexican.com on February 9, 2019. It was written by Mary Katherine Ray and David Parsons. Eva Woods’ op-ed (“Legislators, listen to agricultural, rural experts,” Looking

The Relentless Slaughter of Wolves Paved the Way for a Predator that Refuses to Die

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The Relentless Slaughter of Wolves Paved the Way for a Predator that Refuses to Die

Historically, most landowners and wildlife managers have thought that killing wolves and coyotes is a good practice. But whereas wolf eradications have ‘succeeded’ – albeit with enormous unintended consequences – coyote ‘control’ is impossible. The more coyotes we kill, the faster coyotes breed. Biologists say we would need to kill 75% of

Rise of the Golden Jackal

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Rise of the Golden Jackal

The golden jackal is Europe’s coyote. Like coyotes in North America, golden jackals are spreading because: (1) Mother Nature abhors a vacuum, and (2) natural systems require predators. When looked at this way, the golden jackal’s spread into empty biological pockets created by the eradication of native predators

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Book Review of "Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History"

Paraphrasing a reader: “A wonderful book on coyotes, which covers several broad themes: coyote resilience, coyote individualism, coyote biology (including a little evolution, the science of which is easily understood), coyotes and people (in the broad sense—native American tales, coyotes in the city and more). Much of the book