WARNING: This page contains graphic content. What are wildlife killing contests? While contests like dogfighting and cockfighting have been condemned in the U.S. as barbaric and cruel, wildlife killing contests still happen regularly in almost all of the 42 U.S. states they are legal in. Killing...
WARNING: This page contains graphic content. In the spring of 2020, an HSUS investigator noticed something unusual: Just as some annual in-person killing contests for coyotes, foxes, bobcats and other animals were being canceled because of COVID-19, groups devoted to online killing contests were...
Washington wildlife commissioners vote against spring 2022 trophy hunt of black bears and their cubs
Today, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to set aside a spring black bear trophy hunt in 2022, acknowledging widespread public opposition to the hunt. Thousands of people submitted written and oral comments to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Commission to...