Action Alerts
Urge Halifax County Virginia to consider humane coyote control
November 30, 2011
BACKGROUND
Halifax County, Virginia, is considering killing coyotes with poison and
cruel traps. Poisoning animals is incredibly cruel. Convulsions, vomiting,
internal bleeding, and gradual cardiac collapse lead to slow, agonizing
deaths! Steel-jaw traps and snares also cause extreme suffering: Victims
often endure painful injuries, and some will even chew off their own limbs
in frantic attempts to escape. And when nursing mothers are killed, their
babies starve to death. Also, these methods are indiscriminate, posing risks
to “nontarget” animals as well, including companion animals and protected
wildlife!
Please politely urge Halifax County officials to toss cruel
coyote-control measures, and instead employ humane deterrent methods such as
employing vegetation management and encouraging residents to securely
contain trash, to stop feeding wildlife, and to never leave pets or their
food unattended outdoors.. And please forward this alert widely! Remind
officials that coyotes are loyal, sensitive animals who are merely trying to
forage for their families in areas where humans have encroached.
WHO TO CONTACT
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The Honorable Thomas E. West
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Halifax County Board of Supervisors
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SAMPLE LETTER
To Honorable West and Board of Supervisors,
I was shocked to learn that Halifax County is considering cruel coyote control using traps and poison, both brutal, excruciating, and unnecessary. Coyotes are complex beings, sensitive and loyal and merely foraging for their families to prevent starvation. Traps cause painful injuries, attempted dismemberment, and trauma while poison causes agony, prolonged suffering, and agonizing deaths of convulsions, vomiting, and internal bleeding. Both forms of death cause fear and the terror of being unable to return to their young and indiscriminately cause the same to non-target animals, such as other wildlife and even companion pets.
I am therefore respectfully requesting you discard such cruel plans and instead employ humane, non-lethal methods such as vegetation management and trash control, demanding residents securely contain trash, stop feeding wildlife, and never leave pets or their food unattended outdoors.
All human animals have an obligation to consider the acts to which they
subject animals and to empathize with such actions. If you considered
yourself in a similar situation, you would certainly object. As such, I urge
you to implement the above humane methods instead and spare these coyotes
the terror and pain of being brutally poisoned, trapped, and unable to
return to their families. Until such a time, I will encourage my friends,
family, and online social contacts to visit other destination areas on their
vacations.
Please see more here: http://vodpod.com/watch/1077559-earthlings?u=ourcompass&c=ourcompass
I know your time is limited and I thank you for your attention to this
important message.
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