Green Scissors 2001

Fact Sheets:

Wildlife Services Overview

How Many Animals Does the Wildlife Services Program Kill?

Wildlife Services: Dangerous to More Than Just Predators

The Environmental Problems With Wildlife Services

A History of Wildlife Services

The Wildlife Services Program is Inhumane

Non-Lethal Alternatives to Wildlife Services

How Many Animals Does the Wildlife Services Program Kill?

Number of animals killed and methods used by Wildlife Services in Fiscal Year 1999:
(From FY 1999 annual tables provided by Wildlife Services)

Black bears - 347 total

Badgers - 601 total

Bobcats - 2435 total

Coyotes - 85, 938 total
Leghold - 7806 - 9%
Aerial gunning - 30,875 - 36%
Neck Snare - 12,949 - 15%
Den - 2,155
M44 - 18,159 - 21%

Foxes (all) - 6154 total

Red foxes - 3,518
Leghold - 840
Neck Snare - 792
M44 - 922

Gray foxes - 2245
Leghold - 942
Neck Snare - 418
M44-471

Swift fox - 17
Arctic fox - 361
Channel island - 13

Mountain Lion

Total Predators Killed: 96,007

Leghold - 11,359 -- 12%
Aerial gunning - 31,499 -- 33%
Neck Snare - 15, 034 - 16%
M44 - 19,593 - 20%