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Trump Endangers Wild Animals by Authorising Lethal Cyanide Bombs Across Millions of Acres of Public Land

The Trump administration has reinstated lethal cyanide devices on US public lands, sparking alarm among wildlife advocates and safety groups due to their indiscriminate nature and past incidents.

International Business Times UK

Ban on ‘cyanide bombs’ on US public lands celebrated as a win for wildlife

Move builds on decisions by states like Oregon to fully or partially prohibit the use of M-44s used to kill predators and other wildlife

The Guardian - US

Spring-loaded ‘cyanide bombs’ were planted to take out coyotes. They ended up killing thousands of pets

The US Bureau of Land Management has halted the use of spring-loaded traps that disperse cyanide powder to kill coyotes and other livestock predators

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US agency to end use of 'cyanide bomb' to kill coyotes and other predators, citing safety concerns

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has halted the use of spring-loaded traps that disperse cyanide powder to kill coyotes and other livestock predators

The Independent UK

Exploding wild pig population on western Canadian prairie threatens to invade northern US states

Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana and other northern states are making preparations to stop an invasion of wild pigs from Canada

The Independent UK

Keeping animals away from planes is a never-ending job at Anchorage's airport

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — On a clear day between major December storms in Anchorage, two bull moose strolled leisurely through deep snow on the frozen surface of Lake Hood. Once on shore, the animals broke into a gallop away from Cody Thompson, a wildlife specialist with USDA's Wildlife Services.

Tribune News Service

USDA scattering rabies vaccines for wildlife in 13 states

The U.S. government has begun scattering millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes in 13 states from Maine to Alabama

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Group offers farmers cash not to trap wolves

HOPKINS, Minn. — Every year in Minnesota, upward of 150 wolves are trapped and killed under a federal program to reduce predation on livestock at northern Minnesota farms and ranches.

Tribune News Service

143 sheep killed fleeing from wolves in southwestern Idaho

Idaho wildlife officials say an attack by two wolves panicked a flock of sheep and 143 died after they ran into a gully where they were crushed and suffocated

The Independent UK

US wildlife group killed 200 animals per hour in last year for a total of 1.75m

More than 400,000 native species, including bears, wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, foxes and beavers, were killed in 2021

The Independent UK

‘A barbaric federal program’: US killed 1.75m animals last year – or 200 per hour

Conservationists condemn Wildlife Services, a division of the USDA, which says deaths necessary to protect farmers and public health

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