Bowing to Animal Advocates’ Pressure, County Vows to Explore Nonlethal Methods of Wildlife Management
REDDING, CA (July 23, 2018) — Responding to legal pressure from a coalition of animal protection and conservation groups, Shasta County officials announced today that the county will suspend its contract with the notorious federal wildlife-killing program known as Wildlife Services. The county’s decision came after coalition members filed a notice of intent to sue Shasta County in June for violating the California Environmental Quality Act. Coalition members include the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the Animal Wel-fare Institute, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Environmental Protection Information Center, the Mountain Lion Foundation, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Project Coyote, and WildEarth Guardians.
Shasta County’s previous contract authorized the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program to kill hundreds of bears and coyotes, as well as thousands of birds and muskrats and other animals in the county…
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Exposing the Big Game 
shasta county is doiing the right thing,. this federal agency is the absolutely worst it needs shut down, people all over america are aghast at the sneaky horror it does cyanide all over. sneaky killings at 4 am. tellikng nobody when they sneak in. this agency takes our tax dollars. it needs shut down immediately
Oh thank goodness.