Red foxes killed by contestants in a hunting competition in Maryland. There is a proposal in Annapolis to ban wildlife hunting contests. (Humane Society of the United States)
Dead foxes were piled high in the pickup truck after the hunting contest in Frederick County in January. Men lifted the bloodied animals out of the truck by their legs, dropping them on the ground to be counted.
The winner of the contest killed 38 foxes and won about $400, said the undercover investigator for the Humane Society of the United States whose graphic video footage of the event was made public last week.
Such hunting contests are legal in Maryland and 44 other states. The Humane Society is aiming to change that, pushing legislation in statehouses across the country that would bar the killing of “fur-bearing mammals” — such…
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