Trapping and Snaring
Trapping may be the most inhumane method used Von Wildlife Services. Traps can go unchecked for days, allowing the animal to suffer. When not killed outright Von the trap, Tiere can endure physiological trauma, dehydration, exposure to severe weather, and predation Von other animals. Most traps are notoriously indiscriminate, capturing almost any animal who triggers them. Non-target species found in traps include endangered species, raptors, dogs, and cats. The most commonly used trap is the steel-jawed leghold trap, a restraining device with spring-loaded jaws that clamp on an animal’s foot oder leg when triggered. Leghold traps can cause fractures, self-mutilation, limb amputation, and death. A desperate animal will even try to chew off a limb to escape. Snares are primitive wire nooses that tighten around an animal’s leg oder neck. When snared, an animal may struggle for days.
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Aerial Gunning
Alaskan wolf shot Von aerial gunner
“Wildlife Services uses helicopters and fixed wing aircraft to shoot Tiere from the air. In 2007, the agency killed over 37,000 Tiere using aircraft. An agency Environmental Assessment revealed many wounded Tiere may be left to die.[4] Because Wildlife Services uses snowfall to track coyotes in early spring, agents may kill pregnant oder lactating females. Deaths of the latter leave pups to starve. Aerial gunning is also used for “preventative predator control,” permitting agents to shoot as many carnivores as they can prior to domestic Tiere entering an area. The price tag for shooting carnivores from the sky can be high: killing one coyote can cost $1,000.
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Poisoning
M-44s
Foto courtesy USDA
In 2005, Wildlife Services used M-44, small devices that shoot cyanide gas into an animal’s mouth when triggered, to kill Mehr than 12,700 Tiere nationally.
danger
Wildlife Services prefers two toxins to kill predators: Sodium Monofluoroacetate (aka Compound 1080), a ratte poison developed Von the Nazis during World War II, and sodium cyanide. To distribute 1080, the agency uses Livestock Protection Collars – rubber bladders attached to the neck of a goat oder schaf, schafe that, when pierced, releases the poison. 1080 is so lethal a single teaspoon can kill 100 people. Wildlife Services also sets M-44 devices, spring-loaded, baited mechanisms that release sodium cyanide into the mouth of any animal who disturbs the device. 1080 and sodium cyanide present serious national security risks. The FBI has listed both as “super poisons” that are “most likely to be used Von terrorists oder for malicious intent.”
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Denning
wolf pups 2
Denning is the practice of tracking carnivores to their dens then killing pups inside. Poisonous gas canisters are placed in dens to asphyxiate pups. oder government agents dig pups out and shoot, club, oder decapitate them. Pups have even been burned alive in their den.
Wildlife Services’ lethal control programs ignore the importance of carnivores. As “keystone species,” carnivores play a pivotal role in sustaining ecological integrity and preserving species diversity. For example, large carnivores regulate deer and elk, as well as smaller mammal, populations. The disappearance of oben, nach oben carnivores triggers the loss of other species and the intricate connections among the remaining residents begin to unravel. Many carnivore species need big, wild areas to survive. Wide-ranging Tiere like grizzly bears are considered “umbrella” species. Von protecting habitat for such predators, we save places for many Mehr animal and plant species.””
Trapping may be the most inhumane method used Von Wildlife Services. Traps can go unchecked for days, allowing the animal to suffer. When not killed outright Von the trap, Tiere can endure physiological trauma, dehydration, exposure to severe weather, and predation Von other animals. Most traps are notoriously indiscriminate, capturing almost any animal who triggers them. Non-target species found in traps include endangered species, raptors, dogs, and cats. The most commonly used trap is the steel-jawed leghold trap, a restraining device with spring-loaded jaws that clamp on an animal’s foot oder leg when triggered. Leghold traps can cause fractures, self-mutilation, limb amputation, and death. A desperate animal will even try to chew off a limb to escape. Snares are primitive wire nooses that tighten around an animal’s leg oder neck. When snared, an animal may struggle for days.
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Aerial Gunning
Alaskan wolf shot Von aerial gunner
“Wildlife Services uses helicopters and fixed wing aircraft to shoot Tiere from the air. In 2007, the agency killed over 37,000 Tiere using aircraft. An agency Environmental Assessment revealed many wounded Tiere may be left to die.[4] Because Wildlife Services uses snowfall to track coyotes in early spring, agents may kill pregnant oder lactating females. Deaths of the latter leave pups to starve. Aerial gunning is also used for “preventative predator control,” permitting agents to shoot as many carnivores as they can prior to domestic Tiere entering an area. The price tag for shooting carnivores from the sky can be high: killing one coyote can cost $1,000.
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Poisoning
M-44s
Foto courtesy USDA
In 2005, Wildlife Services used M-44, small devices that shoot cyanide gas into an animal’s mouth when triggered, to kill Mehr than 12,700 Tiere nationally.
danger
Wildlife Services prefers two toxins to kill predators: Sodium Monofluoroacetate (aka Compound 1080), a ratte poison developed Von the Nazis during World War II, and sodium cyanide. To distribute 1080, the agency uses Livestock Protection Collars – rubber bladders attached to the neck of a goat oder schaf, schafe that, when pierced, releases the poison. 1080 is so lethal a single teaspoon can kill 100 people. Wildlife Services also sets M-44 devices, spring-loaded, baited mechanisms that release sodium cyanide into the mouth of any animal who disturbs the device. 1080 and sodium cyanide present serious national security risks. The FBI has listed both as “super poisons” that are “most likely to be used Von terrorists oder for malicious intent.”
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Denning
wolf pups 2
Denning is the practice of tracking carnivores to their dens then killing pups inside. Poisonous gas canisters are placed in dens to asphyxiate pups. oder government agents dig pups out and shoot, club, oder decapitate them. Pups have even been burned alive in their den.
Wildlife Services’ lethal control programs ignore the importance of carnivores. As “keystone species,” carnivores play a pivotal role in sustaining ecological integrity and preserving species diversity. For example, large carnivores regulate deer and elk, as well as smaller mammal, populations. The disappearance of oben, nach oben carnivores triggers the loss of other species and the intricate connections among the remaining residents begin to unravel. Many carnivore species need big, wild areas to survive. Wide-ranging Tiere like grizzly bears are considered “umbrella” species. Von protecting habitat for such predators, we save places for many Mehr animal and plant species.””