Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 | 2 a.m.
I lately attended and spoke at a Wildlife Fee Contest Committee assembly. Many residents requested that Nevada comply with the lead of 10 different states by banning wildlife-killing contests. Most individuals have by no means heard of those earlier than so do not know of the brutality and slaughtering that goes together with these contests for cash and prizes. Go to the Challenge Coyote web site and see for yourselves.
The Humane Society went undercover lately at two of those occasions in Nevada. Among the footage was proven at this assembly and was arduous to look at or conceive that that is allowed in our state. The Humane Society employed a agency to survey Nevadans and located that near 80% of individuals polled opposed this.
I’m not opposed to moral looking, and none had been there to talk in favor of the few who’re and did present up and attempt to defend these ‘contests’. These contests can destabilize native ecosystems by concentrating on key species, which play a important function in sustaining steadiness inside their environments.
Our board of 9 wildlife commissioners might ban these contests. I urge them to take action. Shouldn’t they be defending wildlife and listen to the general public outcry to take action?
