Idaho Wildlife Services recently made public an Environmental Assessment (“EA”) supposedly analyzing statewide predator damage and conflict management. However, wolves are notably absent from the 273-page document. Wildlife Services’ recent killing of five wolves in central Idaho—in addition to previous killings of six in response to livestock depredation and 19 to boost elk […]
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Washington Post and Wildlife Services-
There have been many efforts to raise public perception of the depredations of the misnamed federal agency “Wildlife Services,” which might have been named that so that folks will confuse it with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or a state fish […]
Continue Reading →The USDA Wildlife Services Wildlife Specialist “Mistook” it for a Coyote
The Endangered Species Act affords protection against unauthorized take of the Mexican gray wolves, and makes it a criminal offense to kill one. 16 U.S.C. §1540(b). The Final Rule for the reintroduction of Mexican gray wolves codifies the prohibition against killing the wolves and […]
Continue Reading →The Albequerque Journal is reporting that a USDA Wildlife Services employee is under investigation for the killing of an endangered Mexican gray wolf in the southwest corner of New Mexico. According to the Journal USDA Wildlife Services issued a statement claiming the employee mistakenly identified it as a coyote. A Wildlife Services spokesperson stated […]
Continue Reading →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 agency
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The article talks about the “regular practice” by Wildlife Service’s agents of letting their dogs attack animals that have been […]
Continue Reading →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 more harm than good and could be having impacts on disease such as the plague due to the increase of rodents after control actions.
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Continue Reading →Want to take action to cut funding for this agency that kills so much of our wildlife-
This story is from Tri-state Livestock News. It is from trade publications like this that agencies often get cuts restored unbeknown to the public.
American Sheep Industry: President’s budget cuts impact area Wildlife Services. Tri-state […]
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