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Coalition Urges Federal Agency to Regulate Unpermitted Coyote Killing Contests
The Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted a written request to the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) urging the agency to enforce its own regulations regarding two Rock Springs, Wyoming, coyote-hunting contests.January 4, 2017 News -
Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Lawsuit Aims to Put an End to Coyote Killing Contest
Last week, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a complaint on behalf of a Wyoming resident in an attempt to stop an upcoming coyote-killing contest.January 31, 2017 Press Release -
Banning Coyote Killing Contests (Oregon)
Killing contests refer to events or tournaments where participants compete to kill as many animals as possible during a specified time period. Cash and prizes are awarded to those who kill the most animals or the largest or smallest animal. -
Coyote Killing Contest Organizer Settles Lawsuit
Settlement marks first successful effort to halt a Kansas predator derby.October 17, 2016 Press Release -
Lawsuit Aims to Put an End to Coyote Killing Contest
Complaint alleges the contest is a public nuisance.August 3, 2016 Press Release -
New Mexico Bans Coyote-Killing Contests
On April 2, 2019, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 76, making New Mexico the third state to ban coyote-killing contests.July 5, 2019 Animal Law Update -
Killing Contests
Killing contests make a cruel game of inflicting misery and death on wildlife. The contests are designed to reduce native wildlife populations, often at the behest of farmers, by making killing “fun” with prizes for various categories of carnage. -
Reckless California Killing Contests Continue Despite Ban on Prizes
The rural town of Adin, California will hold its annual coyote killing spree despite the 2014 ban on prizes for killing furbearing animals in contests.February 3, 2015 News -
Challenging Wyoming Coyote-Killing Contests
In January 2017, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a complaint in state court on behalf of a Wyoming resident in an attempt to stop a coyote-killing contest scheduled to take place in her county. The…
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Ending Killing Contests in Massachusetts
In 2019, Massachusetts adopted regulations banning killing contests for certain animals, including coyotes, foxes, and bobcats.
