The euphemistically named federal killing agency known as Wildlife Services was sued and won in Idaho US District Court by environmental groups that include Western Watersheds Project, Predator Defense, Wild […]
Idaho Wildlife Services: Your Comments Needed
News came out last week that taxpayer-funded and woefully misnamed Wildlife Services killed five wild wolves in central Idaho for alleged livestock depredation—another in a long line of such wolf-killing actions […]
Congressman DeFazio and a Coalition of Groups Send Letters to U.S. Forest Service Asking them to Require a Permit for Predator Killing Contest
Just a week after the BLM withdrew its decision to issue a Special Recreation Permit to “Idaho for Wildlife” (IWF) for a predator killing contest, Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR) and a […]
Study: Urban coyotes save birds from feral cats
Birds in city parks benefit as coyotes stalk cats. But, hey, it’s best for the cats too- Feral and stray cats (free roaming cats) are known to take a huge […]
Fox News covers animal torture by USDA Wildlife Services (update)
You know that it’s bad when Fox News writes about the abuses of an agency loved and defended by conservatives. Animal torture, abuse called a ‘regular practice’ within federal wildlife […]
Love Wolves and Hate Coyotes
The Wildlife News blog gets a disproportionate amount of comments when wolf related topics appear on a thread compared to other stories. Clearly, this illustrates society’s polarization with the wolf […]
Davis, California fires USDA Wildlife Services
People upset by the actions of the federal wildlife control agency, Wildlife Services in the Dept. of Agriculture, usually don’t get any media attention. However, for over a year now […]
Part 2 of a 3 part series: Wildllife Services’ deadly force opens Pandora’s box of environmental problem
This installment of Tom Knudson’s series in the Sacremento Bee investigates the efficacy of USDA Wildlife Services’ predator killing program to benefit wildlife. In short, it doesn’t, it generally causing […]