Coyote hunting contest prompts animal advocates to file lawsuit against province

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The Toronto Wildlife Centre says feeding coyotes is often times the biggest problem when it comes to changes in behaviour.
The Toronto Wildlife Centre says feeding coyotes is often times the biggest problem when it comes to changes in behaviour.

ByMichelle Morton

Posted Mar 6, 2022, 3:48PM EST.

Last Updated Mar 7, 2022, 3:07PM EST.

Coyote hunting contest prompts animal advocates to file lawsuit against province

Three animal advocate groups aresuing the province over an annual coyote hunting contestheld near Belleville, claiming Ontario is breaking its own laws.

Chesher’s Outdoor Store posted toFacebook that it was holding the contest again in February, with various prizes and thousands of dollars in cash awarded to participants who killed the five heaviest coyotes, as well as five ‘additional hidden weight’ prizes.

The shop wrote it was $20 to enter, and all “applicable hunting reg’s will apply as well as any provincial/federal or municipal laws with the respect to hunting coyotes.”

Last year,the store updated its Facebook post

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