Natural History Wanderings

The Sacramento Bee published a three-part series on a detailed investigation on the Wildlife Services branch of the federal Department of Agriculture. Wildlife Services has long specialized in killing animals deemed as threats to agriculture, the public and  more recently  the environment. They found the Wildlife Services program of killing predators:

• used brutal killing methods
• killed many unintended victims including protected species, pets and even humans have died as part of the program
• has a harmful effect on biodiversity, degrade habitat and invite disease
• secretive and at times possibly illegal

Read the three-part series at:

The killing agency: Wildlife Services’ brutal methods leave a trail of animal death – Investigations – The Sacramento Bee.

Wildlife Services’ deadly force opens Pandora’s box of environmental problems – Environment – The Sacramento Bee.

Suggestions in changing Wildlife Services range from new practices to outright bans – Wildlife investigation – The Sacramento Bee