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2010
C.A.S.H. ACTION
ALERT
PLEASE CROSS POST
Committee To Abolish Sport Hunting
PO BOX 13815, LAS CRUCES, NM 88013-3815
(575) 640-7372
CASH@AbolishSportHunting.com
www.AbolishSportHunting.com
1/8/2010
~~ ACTION ALERT ~~
Speak Out Against Coyote Killing Contest In Nevada
 A coyote killing tournament is scheduled for this weekend- January 8-10-
around Fallon, Nevada. The contest, organized by “local hunters” was
advertised on Craigslist. The ad, which has since flagged for removal,
listed the contest as:
COYOTE TOURNAMENT (Fallon)
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Jan 8-10, 2010
48-Hour Coyote Tournament
$30 per person / 2-3 person teams
$100 Calcutta (optional)
$20 Big Dog / $20 Little Dog
For more info call: Matt (775) 835-2575
Prizes are to be awarded for those who kill both the most coyotes and the
largest individuals. Judges will insert a temperature probe into the dead
coyotes’ livers to verify they were actually killed during the tournament.
Ethics aside, random coyote killing will not reduce real or perceived
conflicts with livestock, as tournament organizers claim. A copious and
growing body of literature shows that coyote population reduction efforts
through lethal control are futile, given the species’ resiliency and ability
to biologically rebound.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
1- Contact the Fallon Chamber of Commerce and express your concern about
this wanton killing of coyotes. Points to convey:
· As a Chamber of Commerce, they should not support blood sports that
exhibit a blatant disregard for wildlife and the integrity of ecosystems by
encouraging mass killing for prizes.
· Let them know that you believe that this contest hunt is ethically
indefensible, ecologically reckless, and counter to sound scientific
wildlife management.
· Coyote killing contests are a totally ineffective management strategy
given the species’ resiliency and ability to biologically rebound.
· Tell them coyotes and other carnivores play an important ecological
role and that there are many effective, ecologically sound and humane
methods of protecting livestock from native carnivores including livestock
guard dogs and llamas, better fencing, and night corrals.
Contact information:
Greater Fallon Area Chamber of Commerce
85 N. Taylor Street
Fallon, NV 89406
Phone: 775.423.2544
Fax: 775.423.0540
info@fallonchamber.com
www.fallonchamber.com
2- Please also contact Fallon Mayor Ken Tedford Jr. and urge him to call
off the coyote tournament:
Mayor Ken Tedford, Jr.
City Hall
55 W. Williams Avenue
Fallon, NV 89406
(775) 423-0167 OR
(775) 423-6877
fpdadmin@aiinc.com
3- Post a comment on the Reno Gazette-Journal’s website in response to an
article on this issue. Currently the comments are heavily weighted in
support of the contest hunt. We need respectful and articulate comments. Go
to: http://bit.ly/8qNb7S
4- Submit a letter to the editor to the Reno Gazette-Journal at: http://www.rgj.com/letters
Thank you in advance for your help. Please share this information with
family, friends and co-workers.
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Camilla H. Fox
Founding Director, Project Coyote
Wildlife Consultant
P.O. Box 5007
Larkspur, CA 94977
cfox@projectcoyote.org
415.945.3232 (o)
Fostering educated coexistence between humans and coyotes
A project of Earth Island Institute
visit us online: www.ProjectCoyote.org
make a tax-deductible donation:
https://www.earthislandprojects.org/projectCoyote/donate.html .
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