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27Apr
Wildlife Killing Contests Unfortunately Common in Wyoming
Ask any person on the street what a wildlife killing contest (WKC) is and they will likely tell you they’ve never heard of one. However, many of these horrific events where people compete to win prizes and cash by killing the most of a species are held annually in Wyoming. Now banned or limited in […]
24Jul
G&F Commission Denies Petition but Recommends Bear Spray be Carried by All
At Friday’s Commission meeting, the Commissioners determined that a new regulation should not be enacted to require hunters in grizzly bear territory to carry bear spray as our petition recommended. The petition that was put forth by WWA, the Humane Society of the U.S., Sierra Club, WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project, the Center for Biological […]
22May
Idaho Game and Fish Commission Denies Bear Spray Petition
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates and our conservation partners received a formal denial of our petition to require hunters to carry bear spray in known grizzly bear territory from the Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) Commission. Reasons cited included the requirement is “not warranted for every hunter,” and that it would “create a burdensome regulation, and is […]
05Apr
WWA and Other Groups Petition WY and ID to Require Hunters to Carry Bear Spray
For Immediate Release, April 4, 2019 Contacts: Diane Summers, The Humane Society of the United States, (301) 721-6421, ashapiro@humanesociety.org Bonnie Rice, Sierra Club, (406) 640-2857, bonnie.rice@sierraclub.org Collette Adkins, Center for Biological Diversity, (651) 955-3821, cadkins@biologicaldiversity.org Taylor Jones, WildEarth Guardians, (720) 443-2615, tjones@wildearthguardians.org Kristin Combs, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, (307) 413-4116, kristin@wyowild.org Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project, […]