Animal Slaughter: News Releases

April 22, 2008  HELICOPTER CRASHES IN NEVADA COYOTE HUNT — Accidents Mount as National Review of Aerial Gunning Safety Underway

March 8, 2008  DRIVE TO AXE FEDERAL PREDATOR ERADICATION PROGRAM — $100 Million Agriculture Program Slaughters 1.6 Million Wild Animals a Year

January 9, 2008  LIVESTOCK LOBBY PRESSURES TO RETAIN WILDLIFE POISONS — Two Front Battle to Block Legislative Ban and EPA Registration Revocation

November 19, 2007  EPA TAKES FIRST STEP TO BAN WILDLIFE POISONS — Federal Register Notice Asks for Public Comments on Revoking Registration

November 14, 2007  NATIONAL SAFETY REVIEW OF WILDLIFE EXTERMINATION PROGRAM — Air Crashes, Bio-Agent Security Lapses and Mega-Poison Misuse Beset Feds

October 25, 2007  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KILLING RECORD NUMBER OF CARNIVORES — Mammal Death Toll Up 21% in 2006 with Growing Numbers of Wolves Targeted

September 25, 2007  ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CRASH IN FEDERAL COYOTE HUNT — Second Aerial Gunning Accident in Two Months as Call for Ban Mounts

August 21, 2007  AERIAL GUNNING BATTLE SHIFTS TO SOUTH DAKOTA — State Agents Crash Four Planes since 1998 as Accident Toll Mounts Nationally

June 11, 2007  CALL TO END AERIAL GUNNING OF WILDLIFE — Two More Federal Agents Killed in Questionable Program

January 24, 2007  LEGAL BID TO BAN WILDLIFE POISONS — Petition Cites Bio-Terrorist Threat and Loss of “Non-Target” Animals

July 27, 2006  PERSISTENT HOMELAND SECURITY PROBLEMS AT AGRICULTURE — USDA Ignoring Security Rules While Dispensing Advice to Farmers

May 9, 2006  WILDLIFE TAKING ONLY GNAT BITE OUT OF DOMESTIC CATTLE — Public and Private Outlays on Predator Control Dwarf Losses

November 2, 2005  WILDLIFE IS UNJUSTIFIED SCAPEGOAT FOR LIVESTOCK LOSSES — Predation Accounts for Only Miniscule Percentage of Cow & Sheep Deaths

September 7, 2005  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KILLS MORE THAN 2.7 MILLION WILDLIFE IN ‘04 — Record “Take” of Wildlife Comes Mainly From Chemical Agents