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May 01 2022 How killing wildlife in the United States became a game
Calls for a ban escalate as controversial hunting contests kill more than 60,000 animals a year. -
Apr 05 2022 Congress Introduces Legislation to End Wildlife Killing Contests
More than a dozen members of Congress introduced legislation today that would prohibit organizing, sponsoring, conducting or participating in wildlife killing contests on more than 500 million acres of U.S. public lands. -
Feb 16 2020 Washington Fish and Wildlife commission considers ban on hunting competitions
“Our responsibility is first and foremost conservation of the resource. If there is no issue with the conservation of the resource, then for me it becomes one of these social issues." -
Apr 19 2019 Killing Contests: When Wildlife is Abandoned
In a competitive game, it is solely species’ elusiveness that counts, as each animal’s life is reduced to a carefully calculated point value, turned into a number to be ticked off and high-fived.