Compassionate Coexistence with Predators
March 3, 2014
Hosted by Eli Weiss
Camilla H. Fox
Dr. Robert Crabtree
Episode Description
Coexisting with America’s Song Dog, with Camilla Fox and Robert Crabtree America’s Song Dog, the Trickster, of mythological status to Native Americans; Clever and intelligent, they are critical players in ecosystem health, yet they are the most persecuted. Today I welcome guest experts from Project Coyote: Camilla Fox, Founder and Executive Director and Dr. Robert Crabtree, Scientific Advisory Board member. We learn from Fox and Crabtree why our model of predator management in the form of “coyote killing contests’ and extreme exploitation is not, and will not work- particularly for our Wile E Coyote. We continue hot on the heels unveiling the barbaric practices of our USDA’s secretive killing agency ‘Wildlife Services’, using our tax dollars, on public and private land, to indiscriminately and overkill our wildlife, especially the carnivores – coyotes, wolves, bobcats, and other animals under the mantel of managing human-carnivore conflict toward agricultural and livestock interests.
Listen here: http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/76154/compassionate-coexistence-with-predators
Camilla Fox and Dr Crabtree are exemplary in their quest to right the wrongs of our government’s archaic wildlife policies !
They are working tirelessly to protect all our wild beings and especially apex predators … Please join them in their courageous fight
Actor Mark Ruffalo just tweeted about their organization March 1st …!
The problem is “management” at all, of so-called “predators,” which is primarily to appease the Livestock Industry–which should be removed from all public lands, so native wild animals can have some peace.
It’s also about the colossal human gall of tailoring the landscape to ‘create’ more game for hunters!!! Of course, it will be an epic fail, but a lot of damage will get done in the name of ‘science’ in the process.