By Dan Paul / For The Herald

The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s proposal to ban wildlife killing contests statewide, which is now being considered by the state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission, deserves the support of every Washingtonian.

These cruel and grotesque events glorify spree killing and have nothing to do with wildlife management or sportsmanship.

In a killing contest, participants compete for prizes — usually cash or guns — for killing the most animals, the largest animal or some other variant. At several of these gruesome events across the country, undercover investigators with the Humane Society of the United States have witnessed participants gathering to count and weigh the slaughtered bodies, pose for selfies next to piles of dead animals, collect their prizes…