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Aug 12 2020 Wildlife Services rereleases predator-killing plans for Wyoming
Faced with settlement agreement, agency initiates review of its lethal actions. For the second time in four years, a branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that kills wildlife it deems a nuisance has released draft plans assessing the impacts of how it does business in Wyoming. -
Aug 11 2020 U.S. government agrees to pay local family $38,500 in lawsuit over illegally placed M-44 ‘cyanide bomb’
“The biggest thing that we wanted to accomplish was to make the government accept responsibility. It took a substantial amount of work, but finally the government admitted this was their fault — that their employee was negligent and that’s a very significant and permanent finding.” -
Apr 28 2018 Agriculture Department Killed 1.3 Million Native Animals in 2017
The Wildlife Services agency kills wild animals with gas, poisons, snares and aerial gunning. -
Oct 27 2017 Tentative Deal Reached on the Use of M-44s
A deal has been reached between animal welfare organizations and the U.S. Dept. of Interior on the use of M-44s. -
Oct 04 2017 Killing Coyotes with Cyanide? There Must Be a Better Way.
Nonlethal methods to protect livestock from predators are gaining momentum as pressure mounts to ban poison-spray traps.