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Several of the nine rescued fox
kits
living at the Chintimini
Wildlife
Center
Fox Kits Orphaned by USDA Wildlife Services
July 2008 - One adult male and three female foxes have been
strangled with neck snares, a
brutally inhumane process of slow suffocation. The killings near Corvalis, OR, left behind a number of orphaned kits. They also deprived the ecosystem of a natural check on
prey species that are often more detrimental to
agriculture than the foxes. read more
Brooks Fahy (l) & the
Slaughs (r)
meet with Representative
Peter
DeFazio on Capital Hill.
Bill Would Ban Deadly Compound 1080 & M-44s
June 2008 - A bill to ban two deadly agents that indiscriminately harm and kill wildlife, pets and people—Compound 1080 & M-44s—is on the doorstep of Congress. Predator Defense garnered support for this important legislation while visiting Washington, DC, with Dennis and Dorothy Slaugh. Dennis is suffering severe, long-term health affects from M-44 poisoning.
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What We Do
Saving native predators
About Predator Defense
We’re working across the West to protect America’s native predators—cougars, wolves, coyotes, bears, bobcats, eagles, and other birds of prey. Our efforts include dismantling government-sponsored programs that kill and maim these animals and banning the manufacture and use of deadly devices and poisons.
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Your tax dollars at work
The USDA's War on Wildlife
The USDA Wildlife Services predator control program is the only federal program that kills native predators at the request of ranchers and state wildlife management agencies. They use indiscriminate methods that also engander humans and pets. This program is a primary focus of Predator Defense’s legislative work.
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Baby bobcat orphan successfully
raised and released
Wildlife Patient Stories
From 1990-1995, Predator Defense operated a wildlife hospital and care center for injured and orphaned predator mammals. Many were successfully released back into the wild. meet our patients