Wildlife Services has come under fire after releasing the death toll of wildlife it killed in 2019. Chris Smith, southern Rockies wildlife advocate for WildEarth Guardians, said: 'Wildlife Services is infamous for the scope and cruelty of its killing campaigns across the nation.' Wildlife Services is tasked with resolving wildlife conflicts, to allow people and animals to coexist. Collette Adkins, carnivore conservation director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said: 'Year after year Wildlife Services continues to needlessly kill wildlife, even though effective tools exist to prevent most conflicts.' The National Environmental Policy Act mandates that Wildlife Services consistently examines the environmental effects of killing wildlife.

Source: Daily Mail October 09, 2020 21:20 UTC