US Congress Looks to Ban Wildlife Killing Contests on More than 500 Million Acres of Land

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The United States Congress has introduced legislature that would ban wildlife killing contests on over 500 million acres of land. The ban would be applicable to wildlife killing contests that serve no legitimate purpose according to authorities and would protect wildlife from being needlessly shot for sport. The ban would protect animals like bobcats, coyotes, foxes, mountain lions, and wolves who often inadvertently get killed during these contests. 

Wildlife killing contests are disgusting and reward participants for slaughtering wild animals in excess. Points are awards to hunters for killing the most animals, the biggest, the smallest, or a combination of the three with a winner being determined at the end of the event receiving prizes / cash. These contests glorify the murder of animals and devalue their existence, relegating them to nothing more than points. These contests promote a skewed perspective on animal welfare and suggest animals are nothing more than props for self-serving humans.

Anyone who's seen photos of the aftermath of these contests knows that wild animals are killed by the hundreds / thousands. Corpses everywhere, some of which are stuffed in to the back of pickup trucks with blood splatter all over the place. It's a horrifying sight, one that even children are privy to which is especially disturbing. There's no excuse for exposing a child to not only guns, but to sporting events that exploit animals for human gratification. These contests glorify killing and make light of the needless slaughter of hundreds of wild animals. There's nothing redeemable about these contests whatsoever.

The Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022 would see organizations like the US Fish & Wildlife Services & US Forest Service to enact regulations surrounding a wildlife killing ban within the year. Several states have already enacted wildlife killing contest bans like California, Arizona, New Mexico, Vermont, & Washington suggesting that the general populous is not supportive of these events. It's long overdue that we ban any kind of contest that revolves around the senseless mass slaughter of wild animals. We know better than this and we need to stop pandering to hunters and recognize the damage these contests truly do. Once we slaughter all of the predatory animals, what comes next? Deer culls, rabbit hunts, squirrel slaughter etc., the killing never stops.

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