Fwd: Speak Out Against Coyote Contest Hunt Scheduled for THIS WEEKEND in NV

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Thu, Jan 7, 2010 2:19 pm

Speak Out Against Coyote Contest Hunt Scheduled for THIS WEEKEND in NV

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACTION ALERT

SPEAK OUT AGAINST

COYOTE KILLING CONTEST IN NEVADA

 

A

coyote killing tournament is scheduled for this weekend- January 8-10- around

Fallon, Nevada. The contest, organized by “local hunters†was

advertised on Craigslist. The ad, which has since flagged for removal, listed

the contest as:

 

COYOTE TOURNAMENT (Fallon)

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Jan 8-10, 2010

48-Hour Coyote Tournament

$30 per person / 2-3 person teams

$100 Calcutta (optional)

$20 Big Dog / $20 Little Dog

For more info call: Matt (775) 835-2575

Prizes

are to be awarded for those who kill both the most coyotes and the largest

individuals. Judges will insert a temperature probe into the dead

coyotes’ livers to verify they were actually killed during the

tournament. Ethics aside, random coyote killing will not reduce real or

perceived conflicts with livestock, as tournament organizers claim. A copious

and growing body of literature shows that coyote population reduction efforts

through lethal control are futile, given the species’ resiliency and

ability to biologically rebound.

 

WHAT

YOU CAN DO:

 

1- Contact the Fallon Chamber of Commerce

and express your concern about this wanton killing of coyotes. Points

to convey:

 

·

As

a Chamber of Commerce, they should not support blood sports that exhibit a

blatant disregard for wildlife and the integrity of ecosystems by encouraging

mass killing for prizes.

·

Let

them know that you believe that this contest hunt is ethically indefensible,

ecologically reckless, and counter to sound scientific wildlife management.

·

Coyote

killing contests are a totally ineffective management strategy given the

species’ resiliency and ability to biologically rebound.

·

Tell

them coyotes and other carnivores play an important ecological role and that

there are many effective, ecologically sound and humane methods of protecting

livestock from native carnivores including livestock guard dogs and llamas,

better fencing, and night corrals.

 

Contact information:

 

Greater Fallon Area Chamber of Commerce

85 N. Taylor Street

Fallon, NV 89406

Phone: 775.423.2544

Fax: 775.423.0540

info

www.fallonchamber.com

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Please also contact Fallon Mayor Ken Tedford Jr. and urge

him to call off the coyote tournament:

Mayor Ken Tedford, Jr.

City Hall

55 W. Williams Avenue

Fallon, NV 89406

(775) 423-0167 OR

(775) 423-6877

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Post

a comment on the Reno Gazette-Journal’s website in response to an article

on this issue. Currently the comments are heavily weighted in support of the

contest hunt. We need respectful and articulate comments. Go to: http://bit.ly/8qNb7S

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Submit

a letter to the editor to the Reno Gazette-Journal at: http://www.rgj.com/letters

 

 

Thank you in advance for your

help. Please share this information with family, friends and

co-workers.

______________________

 

Camilla

H. Fox

Founding Director, Project Coyote

Wildlife Consultant

P.O. Box 5007

Larkspur, CA 94977

cfox

415.945.3232 (o)

 

 

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