2013 numbers from Wildlife Services (formerly, Animal Damage Control) reveal a bloody year of killing wildlife - paid for by all taxpayers. ow.ly/xZZbO Wildlife Services, the highly secretive arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has released new data showing that the agency killed more than 2 million native animals during the last fiscal year. The new numbers reveal a 29 percent increase in the program’s killing, up almost a half-million animals since fiscal year 2012, despite an increase in public awareness. Wildlife Services target animals deemed as pests by powerful special interests groups from the agribusiness, hunting and livestock sectors, according to Center for Biological Diversity... Operating at the tax payer’s expense, the notoriously secretive Wildlife Services’ killings often include non-targeted species, and insiders allege that the program actually kills many more animals than it reports. The extensive list of the 2013 killings include, amongst many others: more than 320 gray wolves 75,326 coyotes 419 black bears 866 bobcats 528 river otters 3,706 foxes 12,186 black-tailed prairie dogs (as well as destroyed more than 30,000 dens) 3 golden eagles The covert killings—which includes aerial gunning, traps and exploding poison caps—has gone on for decades with little oversight and according the Center for Biological Diversity, the agency has killed more than 26 million native animals since 1996. see link below for Predator Defenses recent video about Wildlife Services
Posted on: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 01:13:31 +0000
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