Carnage from a wildlife killing contest.

Marc Ayers

Nevada: Urge the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners to ban wildlife killing contests

During wildlife killing contests, participants compete to kill the most, the heaviest or even the smallest coyotes, bobcats, foxes and other wild animals for the chance at cash and prizes. After the killing is over, the animals are often dumped like trash. These events are cruel and wasteful, and don't serve any legitimate wildlife management purpose.

Ten states—including Arizona, Colorado, Washington, California, Oregon and New Mexico in the West—have already outlawed wildlife killing contests because they are cruel, unsporting and counterproductive to sound science. Those bans have support from wildlife management professionals, scientists, hunters and animal advocates.

Each Nevadan, including you, has an equal say in how the wild animals in our state are treated. The people who make a game of killing wild animals want the commission to cater to their interests, and to ignore the majority of Nevadans with humane values.

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Please send a message to the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners urging them to ban cruel wildlife killing contests in the state, using the form below.

This action alert is for U.S. residents. International advocates, please visit Humane Society International.

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Dear Commissioner,  
As a Nevadan who cares deeply about wildlife and our natural ecosystems, I urge you to support a ban on wildlife killing contests. 

This ban is a reasonable, commonsense measure to protect and conserve the public’s wildlife. It would not reduce opportunities to hunt coyotes or other wildlife species, nor prevent the use of lethal control in response to conflicts. It would simply ban the competitive killing of our native wildlife for frivolous prizes. 

Wildlife is held in trust to be enjoyed by all residents of the state, not just the small group of people who make a “cash and prizes” game of killing.

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