BLM Drops Idaho Predator Derby

The threat of a lawsuit by wildlife advocates caused the Bureau of Land Management to cancel a permit allowing an Idaho organization to conduct a predator killing derby on 3 million acres of federal land near Salmon, Idaho.  Prizes were to be awarded for the most wolves, coyotes and other predator species killed in a three day contest of up to 500 participants. Labeled a "kill fest" by wildlife advocates, organizers hoped to spread the anti-wolf obsession state-wide for five years beginning in January. Killing of wildlife for "fun" and prizes violates Idaho's own state wildlife policies condemning such brutal contests as unethical and unsound.