Coyote photo by Camilla Fox, Project Coyote, Larkspur, CA
Coalition of Wildlife Conservation Organizations Praise Arcadia, Calif., City Council’s Unanimous Decision to End $30,000 Annual Contract to Snare & Kill Resident Coyotes
Ijust received the following information from my friend Camilla Fox, executive director of Project Coyote in Larkspur, Calif. Please read it carefully. If you think you have a similar program where you live, get in touch with Camilla (cfox@projectcoyote.org) so she can advise you on how to put an end to it. Thanks for caring. /Gary
NEWS RELEASE: Arcadia, California — A coalition of national and local organizations including Project Coyote, the San Gabriel Friends of Wildlife, the Animal Welfare Institute, and the Angeles Chapter of Sierra Club, praised the Arcadia, Calif., City Council for their unanimous vote Tuesday night, Jan. 18, to end the city’s coyote trapping program by the end of the month. Read the rest of this entry »
Coyote on Mount Diablo (Brian Murphy/Walnut Creek, CA)
Project Coyote, in Larkspur, CA, is a very interesting and important nonprofit organization. My friend Camilla Fox is the founder and executive director and the mission of her organization is “to promote educated coexistence between people and coyotes and to advocate of behalf of America’s native Song Dog.” I’m definitely for that! It’s time we humans stopped persecuting these beautiful animals.
Do you like coyotes? If so, you’ll really like Project Coyote. Below is a year-end letter I just received from them. Check it out, and if you feel as I do, please donate what you can to help them do their important work for coyotes — America’s song dog. Thanks, and have a Happy New Year! /Gary
Greetings from Project Coyote:
We have ambitious plans for 2010 to protect coyotes from wanton abuse and cruelty, to promote educated coexistence between people and coyotes, and to foster respect for and appreciation of coyotes and other native carnivores throughout North America. Read the rest of this entry »
Dear Project Coyote Friends & Supporters:
Tonight (Wednesday, Dec. 2) I’ll be giving a presentation about coyotes in Marin County (San Rafael) and I wanted to let you know about it. You can read more about this here:
Project Coyote — in partnership with Still Wild at Heart — is launching a new documentary, “American Coyote — Still Wild at Heart.”
Documentary preview
This compelling 30 minute film produced by San Francisco based filmmaker, Melissa Peabody, is a virtual case study of the coyote’s natural range expansion continent wide. While the film unfolds with the return of coyotes to the San Francisco Bay area, it pursues the coyote’s story across the North American landscape — from Northern California to New York City’s Central Park to Chicago, and points in between. Read the rest of this entry »
