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One county, one state at a time: California’s Mendocino County will think again about killing off their wildlife without reason. When animal welfare groups and individual citizens form coalitions their voice will be heard.

“Mendocino, Calif. — In response to legal pressure from a coalition of animal protection and conservation groups, Mendocino County officials agreed today to suspend the renewal of the county’s contract with the notorious federal wildlife-killing program known as Wildlife Services, pending an environmental review that will include consideration of nonlethal predator control methods. The county’s decision came after the coalition, and a Mendocino resident, filed a lawsuit against the county in November for violating the California Environmental Quality Act. As a result of that agreement, the coalition has agreed to dismiss its lawsuit.”You can read more here:

http://aldf.org/press-room/press-releases/mendocino-county-suspends-contract-with-rogue-federal-wildlife-killing-program/

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2015/wildlife-services-04-13-2015b.html

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-mendocino-county-predators-20150415-story.html

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