California wolves eat seven times more cattle than wolves in other states DAVIS, California––Are recently self-reintroduced wolves in California targeting cattle due to a scarcity of their natural wild prey, or just as easy prey? Wolves on their way into California, raising their first surviving litter in 2016, followed mule deer and elk herds through […]
Hunting lobby Michigan United Conservation Clubs goes bust
Would culling the Michigan hunter population have prevented the collapse? LANSING, Michigan––Once reputedly the most influential state-level pro-hunting lobbying voice in the U.S., the Michigan United Conservation Clubs are “dissolving after almost 90 years because of ongoing financial struggles,” reported Dan Basso on May 6, 2026 for the Lansing State Journal. The fiscal collapse of […]
Wildlife at risk: Trump cabinet pushes exemptions for oil & lead polluters
Whales, sea turtles, eagles, waterfowl & bears all menaced by Trump administration rule reversals WASHINGTON D.C.––Moving to plant U.S. oil industry feet deeper in the public trough while global oil prices are soaring due to the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on March 30, 2026 is to convene a […]
Wyoming snowmobile wolf-killer Cody Roberts cops a plea
“Oh what a big @#$%^&*! you are!” PINEDALE, Wyoming––Cody Roberts, 44, of Daniel, Wyoming, pleading guilty to perhaps the most sensational crime involving wolves since Little Red Riding Hood, will keep his butt out of the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins. “A signed plea agreement filed with the Sublette County District Court,” Mike Koshmerl reported […]
How snowmobile wolf killer Cody Roberts helped to restore wolf protection
Montana federal judge rules Fish & Wildlife Service wrongly returned wolf management to states CHEYENNE, Wyoming; MISSOULA, Montana––In the court of public opinion, one wolf stands for all. An August 5, 2025 verdict rendered by U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy may return wolves in the western states to Endangered Species Act protection. But as […]
Don Molde, 87, long led the fight for pumas, bears, & bobcats in Nevada
“Public attitudes are trending in the right direction,” Molde said. “Just way too slow for my comfort.” RENO, Nevada––“It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of long-time Project Coyote supporter, dear friend, and fierce wild carnivore defender, Donald (Don) Molde,” Project Coyote founder Camilla Fox announced on July 24, 2025. Molde, […]
“Follow the money” fails to save wolves from wolf-hating ranchers & hunters
“Defending rural livelihoods” by killing wolves is economically illiterate public policy, yet continues regardless DENVER, Colorado; DAVIS, California; VICTORIA, British Columbia––Between Memorial Day and Labor Day 2025, more than fifteen million people will visit Yellowstone National Park, Glacier National Park, and other known North American gray wolf habitats in the six northwestern continental U.S. […]
Trump cabinet nominees Doug Burgum & Kristi Noem records on animals
Burgum favors fossil fuels, factory farming, & wild horses; Noem shot her dog, a goat, & three horses, then bragged about it in a book WASHINGTON D.C.––Whatever people in North and South Dakota think about animals on public lands, and human use of public lands, is very likely to be public policy during the second […]
Seeking U.S. hunters, Ontario allows new coyote, fox, & rabbit chase pens
Chase pens are banned in all other parts of Canada & 41 U.S. states TORONTO, Ontario––With wildlife advocates’ attention focused throughout the 2024 U.S. national election campaign on the failed initiative campaign to protect Colorado pumas and bobcats from hunting with hounds, a similar political battle has raged in Ontario province, Canada. “I cannot get […]
2024 U.S. national election: racism, sexism, & speciesism all won big
Even if Donald Trump had not defeated Kamala Harris, the results for animals are dismal WASHINGTON D.C.––Factory farmers, cockfighters, hunters, trappers, furriers, and pit bull owners were among the big winners on national election night, November 5, 2024. Pigs, poultry, pumas, and bobcats were among the big losers. Animal advocates post-election have almost nothing […]