Say "No" to Lamar Twp Fire Company's Predator Hunt

This is a disgrace.

There are more humane ways to raise money.

It looks like this killing contest began 2 days ago but please cancel Sunday Feb, 18th. I realize that not everyone believes in our Creator, Sunday is the Lord's Day and God created these animals for reason. Let the animals live. It's the right thing to do. They are all essential keystone species that boost biodiversity, They especially help control the rodent population, In addition, science has proven that killing coyotes results in many more coyotes the following year, Both jackals and coyotes developed an unusual trait that biologists call fission-fusion adaptation; it’s a rare survival strategy that we human beings also evolved, one of the many ways in which coyotes and humans mirror one another. In coyote terms, fission-fusion enables them to function both as pack predators and as singles and pairs. When they’re persecuted, they tend to abandon the pack strategy and scatter across the landscape in fission mode, which enables them to colonize widely and have more pups. Cruelty never pays off. Please let them live their lives.

Animals have a right to live here and have safety from humans. Please stop and don't encourage this terrible practice of killing wildlife in our area.

Terrible and inhumane thing to do! Protect wildlife!!!

Please stop this disgusting process to these poor animals, and find another hobby.

People are supposed to have hearts and minds Where are they???

Ew. Who would even think to do such a thing? What is wrong with people?? Why not kick puppies?

Horrific! This should be banned. How can this even be legal. Consider the poor animals who have no choice in their life.

This is terrible!

This makes me angry!!!

So awful. My town is doing one too, in Amenia NY

Stop the ignorance

Please come up with a better, more humane way to fundraise money for your very good cause of volunteer firefighting. Your mission of volunteer firefighting is worthwhile and honorable, however, rather than having a very inhumnane way to raise funds, perhaps another idea would be better.

I am writing to ask you to cancel your fundraiser in February and challenge you to create a more kinder, gentler way to raise funds for your volunteer fire company. All your volunteers are wonderful for dedicating their time and effort into helping the community, now we are asking you to please reconsider as this is a very negative way to raise money in the community.

Follow the science in the attached article: It's time to ban wildlife killing contests wherever they're held by Marc Bekoff Ph.D. The photographs are disarming: dozens of coyotes, their fur smeared with blood, strewn across the ground while grown men and sometimes children stand over them, proudly grinning from ear to ear.1,2 This is a familiar scene at wildlife killing contests, a little known bloodsport rarely glimpsed by the general public. During these events, participants kill the target species for prizes or bragging rights. At the High Desert Coyote Classic in Pueblo this year, teams paid $100 to enter the coyote contest, with one hundred percent payback for the winner and side pots and prizes for “biggest”, “littlest”, and “ugliest dog.” Cut from the same cloth, coyotes and our furry four-legged friends share many similar characteristics: intellect, inquisitiveness, friskiness, and rich and deep emotional lives. Coyotes have been spotted playing with dog toys and even with dogs themselves. Coyote skeptics need look no further than the recent viral video of a coyote in a play stance, rear end in the air, enticing his badger companion to join him. Coyotes and badgers also are known to hunt small prey together, having discovered that their own hunting strategies compliment the other’s. While Americans spend an estimated $73 billion on their pets, governments and individuals kill roughly one coyote per minute with traps, poisons, aerial gunning and other cruel methods. Persecuted and misunderstood, coyotes die by the thousands in wildlife killing contests across the country. In Colorado, coyotes aren’t the only victims of these barbaric events. In prairie dog contests, participants use the animals for target practice. Specialty shots include the “red mist” in which the prairie dog’s body explodes; and the “flipper” whereby the bullet’s impact blasts the prairie dog backwards. As with coyote contests, countless animals are left injured or orphaned.

Horrific way to raise money, barbaric

Please stop this despicable behavior!!!! Killing innocent animals for no purpose isn't a carnival game; it's vicious and nonsensical. As human beings, we have to be better than this.

Please stop this cruelty.

Who are the real predators here?!