To the Editor:

We at the Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting would like to thank Syracuse.com for the Jan. 8, 2019, article, “NY coyote-hunting contest offers $2,000 grand prize for heaviest killed” for clarifying just what the Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs of Sullivan County considers sportsmanlike behavior. According to the article, it’s the killing of coyotes, day or night — by gun or by trap — for “fun,” as well as financial gain.

Apparently it doesn’t matter how you kill them, just as long as the carcasses are kept a certain temperature to prove they’re fresh (not because anyone is going to eat the coyotes, but it must seem more “sportsmanlike” to the…