December 12, 2018
Scientists and Wildlife Protection Organizations Call for an End
to the U.S. Predator Challenge
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today more than 50 North American scientists and more than 30 wildlife and animal protection organizations that are part of the National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests (“Coalition”) are calling on state and local officials to reject the United States Predator Challenge (“USPC”), a barbaric competition that will award prizes for killing the most coyotes in three regional contests over the next few months.
Wildlife killing contests are held in almost every U.S. state and are becoming more frequent, but the USPC is one of the first to take it to the national level. Wildlife killing contests are a bloodsport similar to dogfighting and cockfighting. While the USPC organizers claim the competition will “set the bar for the highest standards of excellence in predator competitions through sportsmanship, honesty and…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Thank goodness – I happened to mistakenly see (but didn’t watch) a video about a coyote killing for fun while I was looking up the video of a coyote crossing a new road overpass in WA – same creepy low-brow, slack-jawed grin about killing something. Just disgusting.
Agreed.