Wildlife Killing Contests: The Hidden World of Killing Animals for Prizes
A documentary trailer takes viewers inside the little-known world of wildlife killing contests, where coyotes, bobcats and other animals are killed in competitions for prizes.
Across parts of the United States, wildlife killing contests turn the killing of coyotes, bobcats, foxes and other animals into competition, with prizes awarded for categories such as the largest animal or greatest number killed. Yet many Americans have never heard of them.
This trailer for the documentary Wildlife Killing Contests takes viewers inside that largely unseen world. Produced by Comfort Theory in partnership with Project Coyote, the film follows filmmakers who embedded themselves in a Texas bobcat killing contest and examines the people, incentives and attitudes surrounding these events.
The larger question raised by the film goes beyond the contests themselves: What role should native predators play on working landscapes and in healthy ecosystems — and what constitutes responsible wildlife management?
For anyone interested in wildlife, conservation, ranching or the relationship between people and predators, this is a difficult but thought-provoking look at a practice that usually occurs well outside public view.
Viewer discretion is advised: the trailer contains graphic images of dead wildlife.
