Press Release For Immediate Release: Contact: Contact:Shelbie Lynn Swartzshelbie@animalwellnessaction.org Las Vegas, Nev. — On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, the Clark County Commission will vote on a resolution to condemn Wildlife Killing Contests in Nevada. The resolution was brought for discussion in early February by Commissioner Justin Jones and received broad support from all members of the … Read more
Yet More Work Remains in a State Where Bears, Wolves, and Mountain Lions Are Under the Gun by writing Gov Inslee to let him know you want conservationists, ecologists, and wildlife advocates appointed to the commission. The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission rightly outlawed wildlife killing contests last week with a 7-2 vote, making it … Read more
Wildlife Killing Contests (WKCs) are a disgrace. And, for all the right reasons, they are under siege. In September 2019, the Arizona Governor’s Regulatory Review Council (GRRC) voted unanimously to approve a rule initiated by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission banning WKCs for predators and other furbearing animals in the Grand Canyon State. A … Read more
Press Release Phoenix, AZ — Today the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council (GRRC) voted unanimously (6 to 0) to approve a rule initiated by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to ban wildlife killing contests (WKCs) for predators and other fur-bearing animals in Arizona. A grassroots effort energized by concerned citizens throughout Arizona, along with Animal … Read more
When the clocked turned to 2019, only two states could claim a ban on the disgraceful practice of Wildlife Killing Contests (WKCs). California passed a Fish and Game Commission agency rule in 2014, and Vermont passed a law in 2018 forbidding them. But 2019 may be the year that the movement to end the practice … Read more
Body-Count Killers Disgrace Animal Protectors and Hunters Alike Some of the names of the events sound playful at first: Fur Bang!, Critter Gitter, Santa Slay, Fox Frenzy. Others are more literal and diabolical sounding: Crow Shoot, Coyote Carnage These are Wildlife Killing Contests (WKCs). And no matter how the organizers and participants describe them, they … Read more