Photo Gallery
Our Work in the Field
Our efforts take us into the field, onto America’s public lands, to
Congress, and into courtrooms.
Predator Defense garnered support for important legislation to ban two deadly agents--Compound 1080 & M-44s--during a visit to Washington, DC. Pictured (l-r): Brooks Fahy, Executive Director of Predator Defense, Congressman Peter DeFazio, and Dennis and Dorothy Slaugh. Dennis is suffering severe, long-term health affects from M-44 poisoning.
Brooks Fahy, Executive Director of Predator Defense, using binoculars and a spotting scope to look for poison bait stations put out to kill eagles in Oregon's Southern Willamette Valley.
Brooks Fahy, Executive Director of Predator Defense, posts a flyer requesting information about illegal wolf poisonings in Idaho.
This mature male coyote in his prime was caught in a steel leghold trap and suffered for at least a week before being found. The extent of his injury meant that euthanasia was our only real option. Coyotes linger in traps like this every day. Few of them have the length of their torture shortened through discovery. Each year thousands of coyotes die slowly in traps simply because Wildlife Services is not required to check their traps and personnel may not return to a trap for weeks. Photo by Brooks Fahy.
Damage to coyote’s forepaw. This mature male coyote in his prime was caught in a steel leghold trap and suffered for at least a week before being found. The extent of his injury meant that euthanasia was our only real option. Coyotes linger in traps like this every day. Few of them have the length of their torture shortened through discovery. Each year thousands of coyotes die slowly in traps simply because Wildlife Services is not required to check their traps and personnel may not return to a trap for weeks. Photo by Brooks Fahy.
Predator Defense’ Brooks Fahy and assistant euthanizing coyote caught in steel leg hold trap. This mature male coyote in his prime suffered for at least a week before being found. The extent of his injury meant that euthanasia was our only real option. Coyotes linger in traps like this every day. Few of them have the length of their torture shortened through discovery. Each year thousands of coyotes die slowly in traps simply because Wildlife Services is not required to check their traps and personnel may not return to a trap for weeks. Photo by Brooks Fahy.
Each year hundreds of thousands of animals are caught in traps that are put out for predator control and for pelts for the fur trade. Tens of thousands of these animals are non target species such as dogs, cats, birds of prey, endangered species and even deer. This female malamute languished over night in this illegally set trap with her pups beside her, She is one of the many dogs and cats that Predator Defense has rescued from these cruel non selective traps over the years.
Each year hundreds of thousands of animals are caught in traps that are put out for predator control and for pelts for the fur trade. Tens of thousands of these animals are non target species such as dogs, cats, birds of prey, endangered species and even deer. This female malamute languished over night in this illegally set trap with her pups beside her, She is one of the many dogs and cats that Predator Defense has rescued from these cruel non selective traps over the years.
Each year hundreds of thousands of animals are caught in traps that are put out for predator control and for pelts for the fur trade. Tens of thousands of these animals are non target species such as dogs, cats, birds of prey, endangered species and even deer. This female malamute languished over night in this illegally set trap with her pups beside her, She is one of the many dogs and cats that Predator Defense has rescued from these cruel non selective traps over the years.
Every spring and summer Predator Defense gets dozens of calls from the public about bears that have become habituated to being fed by humans both intentionally and unintentionally. We meet with residents and determine what food source the bears are getting into and advise people how they can rectify the situation without harming the bear. This is often just a matter of not leaving their pet food bowls outside, securing their compost, hanging bird feeders out of reach and never, never intentionally putting out food to feed bears. This young black bear simply stopped visiting this property after Predator Defense advised the people not leave their dogs bowls outside and to store the bird seed they had stored outside on their deck in their garage instead. In most of these cases just removing the food source solves the problem.
Wildlife Patients
From 1990-1995 we operated a wildlife hospital and
care center for
predator mammals. Meet some of our patients below.
One of many orphaned bobcat kittens raised and released by Predator Defense. Photo by Brooks Fahy
Curious bobcat kitten under Predator Defense’ care.
After nearly a year of care, Predator Defense released these beautiful bobcats into a wilderness area.
Monitoring weight helps Predator Defense track this fox pup's health.
Our wildlife patients, like this coyote pup, often required round-the-clock care.
Our wildlife patients, like this coyote pup, often required round-the-clock care.
This black bear cub was struck by a logging truck. Predator Defense cared for him several months before releasing him in the Oregon Coast range. Here, temporarily blinded by head injury, he needs help learning to self feed.
Drawing blood was sometimes necessary to determine an animal’s overall health.
Juvenile coyote released after being rescued and raised by Predator Defense. This coyote’s mother was shot and killed by boys in 1992. Realizing the coyote was pregnant the boys cut open her abdomen and pulled out three premature pups. Predator Defense cared for two of the pups and released them eight months later. The third pup, kept by the boys’ family, died.