Mendocino County must evaluate the merits of a non-lethal predator control program as a result of a lawsuit brought by a coalition of environmental and animal protection groups

Source: Mendocino County to Perform Environmental Study on Lethal Animal Program County Settles Second Lawsuit with Animal Protection Coalition Over Controversial Wildlife Services Program Published on Apr 21, 2016 - 9:11:12 AM By: Center for Biological Diversity  UKIAH, CA, April 21, 2016 - In a major victory for opponents of animal cruelty, the Mendocino County Board …

You are more likely to be struck by lightning seven times before being attacked by an animal predator.

Source: Coyote concerns ‘There is a need to co-exist with wildlife,’ says geographer April 12, 2016 BY MEAGHAN WHELAN You are more likely to be struck by lightning seven times before being attacked by an animal predator. With odds like that, why are people so worried about the presence of coyotes? Dr. Alistair Bath, Department …

Animals caught in snare traps take hours or even days to die.

 Wolf culls ensnared in ethical debate (Source) A groundswell of critics believe the century-old method of trapping animals should be done away with, writes Mark Hume For more than two decades, Gilbert Proulx has spent countless hours in an enclosed wooded compound, monitoring foxes as they hunted rabbits and squirrels, then setting what he thought were …

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